--- title: true, what did the snakes say when Mowgli nearly stepped on them — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: true, what did the snakes say when Mowgli nearly stepped on them Test 14 · ★ of lesson 609 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 10: Kaa scares off the Monkey-People while Mowgli stays trapped» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/609-pg236-part10/t14/) [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, Mowgli's Brothers, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/609-pg236-part10/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 10: Kaa scares of… true, what did the snakes say when Mowgli nearly stepped on them **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snakes, Mowgli · **What happens:** do, say, step · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 609 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 10: Kaa scares off the Monkey-People while Mowgli stays trapped» 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/609-pg236-part10/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:t14:1 # text = true, what did the snakes say when Mowgli nearly stepped on them 1 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the snakes | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **step** | past | Mowgli | | | | | on snakes *= snake*; nearly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory | 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} move back little brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:t14:o1:1 # text = move back little brother 1 move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move back** | imperative | you *not said here* | little brother | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} keep still, little one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:t14:o2:1 # text = keep still, little one 1 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | still | little one *vocative* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} stand still little brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:t14:o3:1 # text = stand still little brother 1 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | little brother | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} run away now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:t14:o4:1 # text = run away now 1 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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