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title: did Mowgli wanna stay with the monkeys, mate? — Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9… · tree and pragmatics
description: did Mowgli wanna stay with the monkeys, mate? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 608 «Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped by the monkeys in the ruined Cold Lairs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped…

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did Mowgli wanna stay with the monkeys, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, stay · **To what, where:** Mowgli

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 608 «Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped by the monkeys in the ruined 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/608-pg236-part9/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:t7:1
# text = did Mowgli wanna stay with the monkeys, mate?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	wanna	wanna	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Mowgli |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mowgli=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the monkeys and mate | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with monkey=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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Nah, he was sick of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:t7:o1:1
# text = Nah, he was sick of them
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of them *= they*; sick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, he really wanted to go home and see Baloo and Bagheera again, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:t7:o2:1
# text = Nah, he really wanted to go home and see Baloo and Bagheera again, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
11	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Bagheera	Bagheera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | he *not said here* | Baloo and Bagheera |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baloo=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he wanted to go home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:t7:o3:1
# text = Nah, he wanted to go home
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he wanted to go home to his own jungle, far away from these monkeys

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:t7:o4:1
# text = Nah, he wanted to go home to his own jungle, far away from these monkeys
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | his own jungle |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to jungle=Initial\_Location |

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