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title: tbh, why didn't the Giant just stay on the ground? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11… · tree and pragmatics
description: tbh, why didn't the Giant just stay on the ground? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 12 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…

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tbh, why didn't the Giant just stay on the ground?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stay · **To what, where:** ground

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» 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/2052-pg976-part11/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t12:1
# text = tbh, why didn't the Giant just stay on the ground?
1	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past · do-support |  |  |  | the ground |  | tbh *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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he was lazy but he had to fight the stranger, since the Pygmies kept shouting at him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t12:o1:1
# text = he was lazy but he had to fight the stranger, since the Pygmies kept shouting at him
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the stranger |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **keep** | past | the Pygmies |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the Pygmies *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he was too proud to let the stranger pass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t12:o2:1
# text = he was too proud to let the stranger pass
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	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | proud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the stranger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pass** | infinitive | the stranger *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was afraid of the Pygmies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t12:o3:1
# text = he was afraid of the Pygmies
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of the Pygmies; afraid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was lazy but he had to fight the stranger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t12:o4:1
# text = he was lazy but he had to fight the stranger
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the stranger |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Co-Agent |

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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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