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title: bruv, why did the wolves want Akela back? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, why did the wolves want Akela back? Test 2 · ★ 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 option; Mova's 
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere…

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bruv, why did the wolves want Akela back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wolves · **What happens:** want back · **To what, where:** Akela

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t2:1
# text = bruv, why did the wolves want Akela back?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Akela	Akela	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want back** | past · do-support | the wolves | Akela |  |  |  | bruv *vocative* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot akela=Theme |

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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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They were fed up with the mad lawless life after the tiger and the Man-Pack trouble, bruv.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t2:o1:1
# text = They were fed up with the mad lawless life after the tiger and the Man-Pack trouble, bruv.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	lawless	lawless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | past · passive |  | They |  |  | after the tiger and the Pack trouble and bruv | with the mad lawless life | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were fed up with the mad lawless life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t2:o2:1
# text = They were fed up with the mad lawless life
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	lawless	lawless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | with the mad lawless life | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos the hunting was rubbish lately, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t2:o3:1
# text = Cos the hunting was rubbish lately, bruv
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	lately	lately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the hunting |  |  |  |  | cos rubbish and bruv; lately *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were fed up with the mad lawless life and wanted the old Law back

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t2:o4:1
# text = They were fed up with the mad lawless life and wanted the old Law back
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	lawless	lawless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Law	Law	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | with the mad lawless life | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **want** | past |  | the old Law |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot law=Theme |

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