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title: what does "lawlessness" even mean, like in normal words? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: what does "lawlessness" even mean, like in normal words? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 615 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere Khan's hide and leaves the wolves for good» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 12 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere…

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what does "lawlessness" even mean, like in normal words?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lawlessness · **What happens:** mean

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 615 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere Khan's hide and leaves the wolves for good» 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/615-pg236-part16/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t12:1
# text = what does "lawlessness" even mean, like in normal words?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	lawlessness	lawlessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | lawlessness |  |  |  |  | like normal words | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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Nobody following the rules, pure chaos, and the wolves hated every bit of it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t12:o1:1
# text = Nobody following the rules, pure chaos, and the wolves hated every bit of it
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
2	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chaos	chaos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | the rules |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 2 | **hate** | past | Nobody | every bit of bit |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody following the rules, pure chaos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t12:o2:1
# text = Nobody following the rules, pure chaos
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chaos	chaos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | the rules |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody following the rules, pure chaos, like when the Pack went mad with hunger.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t12:o3:1
# text = Nobody following the rules, pure chaos, like when the Pack went mad with hunger.
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
2	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chaos	chaos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Pack	Pack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | the rules |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | Nobody |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Breaking rules and doing what you like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t12:o4:1
# text = Breaking rules and doing what you like
1	Breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | gerund |  | rules |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **like** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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