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title: deadass, how did the Woodman keep Toto from chasing? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: deadass, how did the Woodman keep Toto from chasing? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1595 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 10: the sleepy poppies, the Woodman's axe, and the Queen of the Field Mice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 8 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 10: the sleepy poppie…

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deadass, how did the Woodman keep Toto from chasing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Woodman · **What happens:** keep, chase · **To what, where:** Toto

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1595 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 10: the sleepy poppies, the Woodman's axe, and the Queen of the Field Mice» 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/1595-pg55-part10/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:t8:1
# text = deadass, how did the Woodman keep Toto from chasing?
1	deadass	deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Toto	Toto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | the Woodman | Toto |  |  |  | deadass *vocative* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toto=Theme |
| 2 | **chase** | gerund | the Woodman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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tied him up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:t8:o1:1
# text = tied him up
1	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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held him tight in his arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:t8:o2:1
# text = held him tight in his arms
1	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past |  | him *= he* |  | his arms |  | tight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in arm=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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held him tight in his arms while the mice ran around them all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:t8:o3:1
# text = held him tight in his arms while the mice ran around them all
1	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	around	around	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past |  | him *= he* |  | his arms |  | tight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in arm=Location |
| 2 | **run** | past | the mice | arms *= arm* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he put him in a sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:t8:o4:1
# text = he put him in a sack
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | he | him *= he* |  | a sack |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sack=Destination |

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