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title: Why'd the snake nearly chokey the raven, was it hangry? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the snake nearly chokey the raven, was it hangry? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1321 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Peronnik saves Nantes with the magic bowl, then a king's son wins a bundle and a giant's bargain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Pero…

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Why'd the snake nearly chokey the raven, was it hangry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snake, chokey · **What happens:** chokey, be

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1321 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Peronnik saves Nantes with the magic bowl, then a king's son wins a bundle and a giant's bargain» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1321-pg3454-part46/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t4:1
# text = Why'd the snake nearly chokey the raven, was it hangry?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	chokey	chokey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hangry	hangry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chokey** | would | the snake |  |  |  |  | nearly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | chokey |  |  |  |  | hangry *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It was trying to strangle him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t4:o1:1
# text = It was trying to strangle him
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	strangle	strangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **strangle** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because the snake wanted to coil around the raven and drag him down to its den under the earth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t4:o2:1
# text = Because the snake wanted to coil around the raven and drag him down to its den under the earth
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	coil	coil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	drag	drag	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	under	under	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the snake |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **coil** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the snake *not said here* |  |  | the raven |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around raven=Destination |
| 3 | **drag down** | infinitive | the snake *not said here* | snake |  | raven's den under the earth |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to den=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It wanted to eat the raven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t4:o3:1
# text = It wanted to eat the raven
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the raven |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raven=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was trying to strangle him because the raven had stolen its eggs from the nest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1321-pg3454-part46:t4:o4:1
# text = It was trying to strangle him because the raven had stolen its eggs from the nest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	strangle	strangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **strangle** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive |  | the raven |  | the nest |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary egg=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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