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title: so what's the Pygmy yelling into the ear, like the actual words — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what's the Pygmy yelling into the ear, like the actual words Test 5 · ★ of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a hu…

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so what's the Pygmy yelling into the ear, like the actual words

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Pygmy yelling, ear

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» 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/2051-pg976-part10/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t5:1
# text = so what's the Pygmy yelling into the ear, like the actual words
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	yelling	yelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the Pygmy yelling and the actual words |  | the ear |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
"Wake up, we won the battle!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t5:o1:1
# text = "Wake up, we won the battle!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Wake	wake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **win** *in a quote* | past | we | the battle |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Oi, lunch is ready, come and get it!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t5:o2:1
# text = "Oi, lunch is ready, come and get it!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | lunch |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | lunch *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | lunch *not said here* | lunch |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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"Get up this minute, and take your pine-tree walking stick!"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t5:o3:1
# text = "Get up this minute, and take your pine-tree walking stick!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | minute |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | your walking stick |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"The cranes are coming, run for it!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t5:o4:1
# text = "The cranes are coming, run for it!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cranes	crane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the cranes |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for it | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |

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