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title: dang, how'd the Monkeys tie up the Lion? — Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorot… · tree and pragmatics
description: dang, how'd the Monkeys tie up the Lion? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1601 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch's slave» 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 was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dang, how'd the Monkeys tie up the Lion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Monkeys · **What happens:** tie up · **To what, where:** Lion

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1601 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch's slave» 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/1601-pg55-part16/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t3:1
# text = dang, how'd the Monkeys tie up the Lion?
1	dang	dang	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
with iron wire, tied in a bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t3:o1:1
# text = with iron wire, tied in a bow
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  |  |  | a bow |  | with iron wire | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with wire=Co-Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
with stout rope, like a crazy knot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t3:o2:1
# text = with stout rope, like a crazy knot
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	stout	stout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
with a long thin vine, tied tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t3:o3:1
# text = with a long thin vine, tied tight
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	vine	vine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a long thin vine *not said here* |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
with stout rope, like a crazy knot all over his legs and tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t3:o4:1
# text = with stout rope, like a crazy knot all over his legs and tail
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	stout	stout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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