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title: Mate, why'd Rasalu chuck the sweets at the dog? — Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, why'd Rasalu chuck the sweets at the dog? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» 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 r
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# Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…

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Mate, why'd Rasalu chuck the sweets at the dog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rasalu · **What happens:** chuck · **To what, where:** sweets

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» 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/1842-pg7128-part26/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t2:1
# text = Mate, why'd Rasalu chuck the sweets at the dog?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Rasalu	Rasalu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | infinitive | Rasalu | the sweets |  |  |  | at the dog; Mate *vocative* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme at dog=Destination |

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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}

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Dog was annoying him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t2:o1:1
# text = Dog was annoying him
1	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	annoying	annoy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **annoy** | past · progressive | Dog | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was just bored, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t2:o2:1
# text = He was just bored, innit
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They were poisoned, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t2:o3:1
# text = They were poisoned, innit
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cos the dog had bitten his mate, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t2:o4:1
# text = Cos the dog had bitten his mate, innit
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bitten	bite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past · perfect · passive |  | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient mate=Result |

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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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