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title: In what manner did Kaa penetrate the marble screen-work? — Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashe… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did Kaa penetrate the marble screen-work? Exam question 1 of lesson 610 «Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the monkeys freeze under the Hunger Dance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the…

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In what manner did Kaa penetrate the marble screen-work?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kaa · **What happens:** penetrate · **To what, where:** marble screen work, manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 610 «Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the monkeys freeze under the Hunger Dance» 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/610-pg236-part11/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e1:1
# text = In what manner did Kaa penetrate the marble screen-work?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	penetrate	penetrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
9	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **penetrate** | past · do-support | Kaa | the marble screen work |  | what manner |  |  | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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By delivering repeated full-power blows with his tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e1:o1:1
# text = By delivering repeated full-power blows with his tail
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	delivering	deliver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
3	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **blow** | present | repeated full power |  |  |  |  | with power's tail | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with tail=Theme |

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

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By delivering repeated full-power blows with his nose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e1:o2:1
# text = By delivering repeated full-power blows with his nose
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	delivering	deliver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
3	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **blow** | present | repeated full power |  |  |  |  | with power's nose | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with nose=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By delivering repeated full-power blows with his nose, each one landing hard against the marble until the screen cracked apart entirely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e1:o3:1
# text = By delivering repeated full-power blows with his nose, each one landing hard against the marble until the screen cracked apart entirely
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	delivering	deliver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
3	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
14	landing	land	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	acl	_	_
15	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
16	against	against	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
23	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
24	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **blow** | present | repeated full power |  |  |  |  | with power's nose | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with nose=Theme |
| 4 | **land** | gerund | each one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | against the marble; hard *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **crack** | past | the screen |  |  |  |  | apart, entirely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By launching hard strikes with his whole coiled body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e1:o4:1
# text = By launching hard strikes with his whole coiled body
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	launching	launch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	strikes	strike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	coiled	coiled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **launch** | gerund |  | hard strikes |  |  |  | with his whole coiled body | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent strike=Patient with body=Instrument |

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