--- title: wagwan, was he trying to bounce? — Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lillip… · tree and pragmatics description: wagwan, was he trying to bounce? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1486 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked on a rock, tied down, fed by tiny people» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1486-pg503-part73/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lillip…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1486-pg503-part73/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked… wagwan, was he trying to bounce? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** try, bounce This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1486 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked on a rock, tied down, fed by tiny people» 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/1486-pg503-part73/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t11:1 # text = wagwan, was he trying to bounce? 1 wagwan wagwan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 bounce bounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · progressive | he | | | | | wagwan *vocative* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **bounce** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} to demand his liberty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t11:o1:1 # text = to demand his liberty 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 demand demand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | | his liberty | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme liberty=Precondition | ### Option 2 {#o2} to ask for his freedom from the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t11:o2:1 # text = to ask for his freedom from the king 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for his freedom; from the king | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} to ask for his freedom and a boat home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t11:o3:1 # text = to ask for his freedom and a boat home 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for his freedom and a boat; home *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} to ask for his freedom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t11:o4:1 # text = to ask for his freedom 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for his freedom | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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