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title: whatt, the fish had a demon in its belly?? — Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: whatt, the fish had a demon in its belly?? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
whatt, the fish had a demon in its belly??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whatt · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** demon, belly

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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/1826-pg7128-part10/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t6:1
# text = whatt, the fish had a demon in its belly??
1	whatt	whatt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | whatt | a demon |  | fish's belly |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demon=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah a Rakshas, the crow said so and bolted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t6:o1:1
# text = yeah a Rakshas, the crow said so and bolted
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Rakshas	Rakshas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bolted	bolt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a Rakshas |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bolt** | participle | a Rakshas *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah just a crow, it flew off fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t6:o2:1
# text = nah just a crow, it flew off fast
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past | a crow |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah a Rakshas, the crow said so and bolted straight out of the fish's mouth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t6:o3:1
# text = yeah a Rakshas, the crow said so and bolted straight out of the fish's mouth
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Rakshas	Rakshas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bolted	bolt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	ccomp	_	_
11	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a Rakshas |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bolt** | participle |  |  |  | the fish's mouth |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out mouth=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah a tiger, the crow said so lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t6:o4:1
# text = yeah a tiger, the crow said so lol
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the crow |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lol=Topic |

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