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title: did the herd kids run back to the village? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the herd kids run back to the village? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 613 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd crushes Shere Khan in the ravine» 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 wa
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# Test 8 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd…

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did the herd kids run back to the village?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** herd kids · **What happens:** do, run back

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 613 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd crushes Shere Khan in the ravine» 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/613-pg236-part14/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t8:1
# text = did the herd kids run back to the village?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run back** | present | the herd kids |  |  |  |  | to the village *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to village=Result |

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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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nope, they stayed put at the herd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t8:o1:1
# text = nope, they stayed put at the herd
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past · passive |  | they |  | the herd |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at herd=Destination |

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

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yup, screaming the buffs went wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t8:o2:1
# text = yup, screaming the buffs went wild
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	buffs	buff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | yup *not said here* | the buffs |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buff=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | past | yup |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nah, the buffs chased them back all the way to the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t8:o3:1
# text = nah, the buffs chased them back all the way to the gate
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	buffs	buff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase back** | past | the buffs | them *= they* |  | the gate |  | all way *obl:unmarked* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to gate=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they hid by the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t8:o4:1
# text = nah, they hid by the well
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | they |  |  |  |  | by the well | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by well=Location |

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