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title: Mate, what did Lambikin sing while rolling along? — Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lam… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what did Lambikin sing while rolling along? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 5 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked int…

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Mate, what did Lambikin sing while rolling along?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lambikin · **What happens:** sing, roll · **To what, where:** Mate

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» 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/1821-pg7128-part5/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t5:1
# text = Mate, what did Lambikin sing while rolling along?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Lambikin	Lambikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	along	along	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · do-support | Lambikin | Mate |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme |
| 2 | **roll** | gerund | Lambikin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Tum-pa, tum-too"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t5:o1:1
# text = "Tum-pa, tum-too"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Tum	tum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	pa	pa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	tum	tum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tum-pa, tum-too, I am off to see Granny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t5:o2:1
# text = Tum-pa, tum-too, I am off to see Granny
1	Tum	tum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	pa	pa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tum	tum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
14	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | Granny |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer granny=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dum-dee, dum-doo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t5:o3:1
# text = Dum-dee, dum-doo
1	Dum	Dum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	dee	Dee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	dum	dum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	doo	doo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tum-pa, tum-too, the fire is hot and I must run

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t5:o4:1
# text = Tum-pa, tum-too, the fire is hot and I must run
1	Tum	tum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	pa	pa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tum	tum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tum pa and tum and the fire |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | must | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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