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title: why'd Darzee not wanna squash the eggs? — The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd Darzee not wanna squash the eggs? Test 5 · ★ 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 
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# Test 5 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhear…

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why'd Darzee not wanna squash the eggs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Darzee · **What happens:** not squash · **To what, where:** eggs

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t5:1
# text = why'd Darzee not wanna squash the eggs?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Darzee	Darzee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	squash	squash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **squash** | infinitive | Darzee | the eggs |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |

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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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Cause his babies come from eggs just like these, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t5:o1:1
# text = Cause his babies come from eggs just like these, innit
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | his babies |  |  | eggs |  | like these | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from egg=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cause his kids hatch from eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t5:o2:1
# text = Cause his kids hatch from eggs
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hatch	hatch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **hatch** | present | his Cause kids |  |  |  |  | from eggs | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent from egg=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cause eggs are his babies, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t5:o3:1
# text = Cause eggs are his babies, bro
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bro	bro	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 a** | present | Cause eggs | his babies and bro |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Cause his babies come from eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t5:o4:1
# text = Cause his babies come from eggs
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | his babies |  |  | eggs |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from egg=Initial\_Location |

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