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title: Why did the Pygmies bother with a fire anyway? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pyg… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Pygmies bother with a fire anyway? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2054 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish off the sleeping Hercules, but he wakes, laughs at their champion, spares them, and leaves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 7 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish o…

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Why did the Pygmies bother with a fire anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pygmies · **What happens:** bother

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2054 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish off the sleeping Hercules, but he wakes, laughs at their champion, spares them, and leaves» 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/2054-pg976-part13/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t7:1
# text = Why did the Pygmies bother with a fire anyway?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bother	bother	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bother** | past · do-support | the Pygmies |  |  |  |  | with a fire; anyway *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Coz they reckoned he'd roast if he didn't move, so they built the biggest bonfire ever

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t7:o1:1
# text = Coz they reckoned he'd roast if he didn't move, so they built the biggest bonfire ever
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	roast	roast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **roast** | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **move** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **build** | past | they | the biggest bonfire |  |  | ever |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bonfire=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Coz they reckoned he'd roast if he didn't move, and they'd all be heroes then

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t7:o2:1
# text = Coz they reckoned he'd roast if he didn't move, and they'd all be heroes then
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	roast	roast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	all	all	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
18	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | they |  |  |  | then |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **roast** | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **move** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | would | they | heroes |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Coz they thought fire'd scare him off the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t7:o3:1
# text = Coz they thought fire'd scare him off the field
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **scare** | would | fire | him *= he* |  |  |  | off the field | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Coz they reckoned he'd roast if he didn't move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t7:o4:1
# text = Coz they reckoned he'd roast if he didn't move
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	roast	roast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **roast** | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **move** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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