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title: To what purpose did the Bandar-log desire to retain Mowgli? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what purpose did the Bandar-log desire to retain Mowgli? Exam question 2 of lesson 606 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys snatch Mowgli and swing off with him through the treetops» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To what purpose did the Bandar-log desire to retain Mowgli?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** purpose · **What happens:** do, retain · **To what, where:** Bandar log desire, Mowgli

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 606 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys snatch Mowgli and swing off with him through the treetops» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/606-pg236-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e2:1
# text = To what purpose did the Bandar-log desire to retain Mowgli?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	Bandar	Bandar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	retain	retain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | purpose | the Bandar log desire |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Eventuality |
| 2 | **retain** | to-infinitive | purpose *not said here* | Mowgli |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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To teach them the weaving of sticks for shelter in their trees and the ground

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = To teach them the weaving of sticks for shelter in their trees and the ground
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	weaving	weaving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the weaving of sticks for shelter | them *= they* | sticks's trees and the ground |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient weaving=Topic |
| 2 | **weave** |  |  | sticks for shelter |  |  |  |  | nom weaving «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To teach them the weaving of sticks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = To teach them the weaving of sticks
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	weaving	weaving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the weaving of sticks | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient weaving=Topic |
| 2 | **weave** |  |  | sticks |  |  |  |  | nom weaving «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make him teach them the weaving of sticks so they can build shelter together

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = To make him teach them the weaving of sticks so they can build shelter together
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	weaving	weaving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
14	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	together	together	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the weaving of sticks | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient weaving=Topic |
| 3 | **build** | can | sticks *= stick* | shelter |  |  |  | together *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shelter=Product |
| 4 | **weave** |  |  | sticks |  |  |  |  | nom weaving «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make him their weaver of sticks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = To make him their weaver of sticks
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	weaver	weaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | their weaver of sticks | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary weaver=Product |

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