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title: bruh, why did the camel even try to dance after the monkey killed it? — Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull,… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, why did the camel even try to dance after the monkey killed it? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 403 «Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a camel, dogs, a jackdaw and a workman each get a short lesson» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

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bruh, why did the camel even try to dance after the monkey killed it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** monkey · **What happens:** try, dance, kill · **To what, where:** camel

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 403 «Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a camel, dogs, a jackdaw and a workman each get a short lesson» 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/403-pg21-part24/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t2:1
# text = bruh, why did the camel even try to dance after the monkey killed it?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dance** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **kill** | past | the monkey | camel |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 wanted the monkey's praise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t2:o1:1
# text = he wanted the monkey's praise
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | the monkey's praise |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot praise=Theme |
| 2 | **praise** |  | the monkey |  |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he was jealous of the monkey and wanted the Beasts to praise him too after the feast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t2:o2:1
# text = cause he was jealous of the monkey and wanted the Beasts to praise him too after the feast
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Beasts	Beast	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	praise	praise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cause |  |  |  |  | of the monkey; jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | cause *not said here* | the Beasts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **praise** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Beasts *not said here* | monkey |  |  | after the feast |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he envied the monkey's crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t2:o3:1
# text = he envied the monkey's crowd
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	envied	envy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **envy** | past | he | the monkey's crowd |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crowd=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he was jealous of the monkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:403-pg21-part24:t2:o4:1
# text = cause he was jealous of the monkey
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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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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