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title: Dude, the Dragon's jaws were wide open and the lad nearly got munche… — pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Princ… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, the Dragon's jaws were wide open and the lad nearly got munched, proper scary, right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 2 · ★ · pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chai…

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Dude, the Dragon's jaws were wide open and the lad nearly got munched, proper scary, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** be, munch · **To what, where:** lad

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» 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/1682-pg640-part6/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t2:1
# text = Dude, the Dragon's jaws were wide open and the lad nearly got munched, proper scary, right?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	jaws	jaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	munched	munch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
20	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Dude |  |  |  |  | open *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **munch** | past · passive |  | the lad |  |  |  | nearly *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 -->
Yeah, he was dead close, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he was dead close, bruv
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was miles off really, the Dragon never got near him at all, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t2:o2:1
# text = Nah, he was miles off really, the Dragon never got near him at all, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	near	near	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | miles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **get** | past | miles |  |  | all |  | near Dragon; mate *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was proper close, mate, the jaws were like a cave door

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was proper close, mate, the jaws were like a cave door
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	jaws	jaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; close, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the jaws |  |  |  |  | like a cave door | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was properly close, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he was properly close, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; close, properly *property* | tree rules |

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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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