--- title: Lad, what's the answer when you ask to hunt, like on the Strangers'… — The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6… · tree and pragmatics description: Lad, what's the answer when you ask to hunt, like on the Strangers' Call? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 605 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowgli the Master Words, and Mowgli boasts of a monkey tribe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/605-pg236-part6/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/605-pg236-part6/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowg… Lad, what's the answer when you ask to hunt, like on the Strangers' Call? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lad, Strangers · **What happens:** be, ask, hunt, call · **To what, where:** answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 605 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowgli the Master Words, and Mowgli boasts of a monkey tribe» 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/605-pg236-part6/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t12:1 # text = Lad, what's the answer when you ask to hunt, like on the Strangers' Call? 1 Lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ' 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 Call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Lad and the answer | the answer | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Lad and the answer | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hunt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Lad and the answer *not said here* | | | | | like the Strangers's Call | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **call** | | the Strangers | | | | | | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} Hunt if you must, but do not kill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t12:o1:1 # text = Hunt if you must, but do not kill 1 Hunt hunt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **kill** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Hunt then for food, but not for pleasure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t12:o2:1 # text = Hunt then for food, but not for pleasure 1 Hunt hunt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | then | for food; for pleasure | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for food=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hunt for food only ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t12:o3:1 # text = Hunt for food only 1 Hunt hunt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for food | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for food=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Go hunt, but spare the young deer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t12:o4:1 # text = Go hunt, but spare the young deer 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 spare spare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | hunt | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hunt=Theme | | 2 | **spare** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the young deer | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent deer=Asset | **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. 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