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title: Ngl, Mowgli wanted his own tribe, yeah? What was he gonna do with it? — The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, Mowgli wanted his own tribe, yeah? What was he gonna do with it? Test 6 · ★ 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 pragmatics of
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# Test 6 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowg…

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Ngl, Mowgli wanted his own tribe, yeah? What was he gonna do with it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** want, be · **To what, where:** own tribe

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ngl, Mowgli wanted his own tribe, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t6:1
# text = Ngl, Mowgli wanted his own tribe, yeah?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Ngl | Mowgli's own tribe |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tribe=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What was he gonna do with it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t6:2
# text = What was he gonna do with it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	dep	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Ngl |  |  |  |  | with tribe; do *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Teach them the Master Words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t6:o1:1
# text = Teach them the Master Words
1	Teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the Master Words | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient word=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Lead them through the branches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t6:o2:1
# text = Lead them through the branches
1	Lead	lead	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the branches |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme through branch=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rule over them and make them obey his every single command

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t6:o3:1
# text = Rule over them and make them obey his every single command
1	Rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | infinitive | Rule over them | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **obey** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | Rule's single command |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme |
| 3 | **command** |  | Rule |  |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lead them across the river and into the great hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:t6:o4:1
# text = Lead them across the river and into the great hills
1	Lead	lead	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the river and the great hills |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme across river=Destination |

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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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