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title: Bruv, why did Bagheera go on about the he-goat? — The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why did Bagheera go on about the he-goat? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 607 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera seek Kaa's help, then learn Mowgli has been taken to the Cold Lairs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 13 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera…

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Bruv, why did Bagheera go on about the he-goat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bagheera · **What happens:** go on

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 607 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera seek Kaa's help, then learn Mowgli has been taken to the Cold Lairs» 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/607-pg236-part8/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t13:1
# text = Bruv, why did Bagheera go on about the he-goat?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Bagheera	Bagheera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past · do-support | Bagheera |  |  |  |  | about the goat; Bruv *vocative* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about goat=Location |

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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 make Kaa angry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t13:o1:1
# text = To make Kaa angry
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | Kaa |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kaa=Product |

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

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To wind up Kaa about his fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t13:o2:1
# text = To wind up Kaa about his fear
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** |  | Kaa |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To warn Kaa of the goats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t13:o3:1
# text = To warn Kaa of the goats
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  |  | Kaa |  |  | of the goats | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent kaa=Recipient of goat=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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For fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t13:o4:1
# text = For fun
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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