--- title: wait, did Mowgli say he kills anything? — Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashe… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, did Mowgli say he kills anything? Test 13 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/610-pg236-part11/t13/) [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/) / [Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/610-pg236-part11/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the… wait, did Mowgli say he kills anything? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Mowgli · **What happens:** wait, say, kill · **To what, where:** anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t13:1 # text = wait, did Mowgli say he kills anything? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Mowgli | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **kill** | present | Mowgli | anything | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | 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} Yeah, he kills all the frogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t13:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he kills all the frogs 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present | he | all frogs | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he is too little to kill, he just said so ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t13:o2:1 # text = Nah, he is too little to kill, he just said so 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | little *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he is too weak to hunt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t13:o3:1 # text = Nah, he is too weak to hunt 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nah, he is too little to kill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t13:o4:1 # text = Nah, he is too little to kill 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | little *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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