--- title: Bro, why did the Brahman open the cage? — Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, why did the Brahman open the cage? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1829 «Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili revives the wicked Raja, and the couple escape to King Dantal's palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1829-pg7128-part13/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1829-pg7128-part13/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili revives t… Bro, why did the Brahman open the cage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brahman · **What happens:** open · **To what, where:** cage This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1829 «Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili revives the wicked Raja, and the couple escape to King Dantal's palace» 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/1829-pg7128-part13/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1829-pg7128-part13:t6:1 # text = Bro, why did the Brahman open the cage? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why 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 Brahman Brahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past · do-support | the Brahman | the cage | | | | Bro *vocative* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cage=Theme | 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 {#o1} cuz the tiger was loud lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1829-pg7128-part13:t6:o1:1 # text = cuz the tiger was loud lol 1 cuz cuz VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 6 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cuz** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the tiger | | | | | loud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} cuz he wanted to see the tiger get out and be free ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1829-pg7128-part13:t6:o2:1 # text = cuz he wanted to see the tiger get out and be free 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | cuz | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | cuz *not said here* | the tiger | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get out** | infinitive | the tiger *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | the tiger *not said here* | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} cuz he felt kinda bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1829-pg7128-part13:t6:o3:1 # text = cuz he felt kinda bad 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | cuz | | | | | bad, kinda *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} cuz the tiger begged him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1829-pg7128-part13:t6:o4:1 # text = cuz the tiger begged him 1 cuz cuz VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cuz** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the tiger | | him *= he* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | **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. 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