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title: is Nagaina still hanging around? — The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: is Nagaina still hanging around? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 622 «The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhears the cobras' plot and waits to strike» 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 was wr
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# Test 13 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhear…

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is Nagaina still hanging around?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nagaina · **What happens:** be, hang around · **To what, where:** Nagaina

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 622 «The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhears the cobras' plot and waits to strike» 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/622-pg236-part23/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t13:1
# text = is Nagaina still hanging around?
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
2	Nagaina	Nagaina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	around	around	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Nagaina |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang around** | gerund | Nagaina |  |  |  | still | around *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Yeah, sulking by the water jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t13:o1:1
# text = Yeah, sulking by the water jar
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sulking	sulk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by the water jar | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, mourning on the rubbish heap by the garden wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t13:o2:1
# text = Yeah, mourning on the rubbish heap by the garden wall
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mourning	mourn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mourn** | gerund |  |  |  | the rubbish heap |  | by the garden wall | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, mourning on the rubbish heap, waiting for Rikki

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t13:o3:1
# text = Yeah, mourning on the rubbish heap, waiting for Rikki
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mourning	mourn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Rikki	Rikki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mourn** | gerund |  |  |  | the rubbish heap |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for Rikki | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, mourning on the rubbish heap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t13:o4:1
# text = Yeah, mourning on the rubbish heap
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mourning	mourn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mourn** | gerund |  |  |  | the rubbish heap |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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