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title: wait, why was Big Toomai so mad? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why was Big Toomai so mad? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 625 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai is scolded, then brought before Petersen Sahib» 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 2 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai…

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wait, why was Big Toomai so mad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** Big

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 625 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai is scolded, then brought before Petersen Sahib» 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/625-pg236-part26/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t2:1
# text = wait, why was Big Toomai so mad?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Big |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause Toomai went catching wild elephants on his own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t2:o1:1
# text = cause Toomai went catching wild elephants on his own
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past | Toomai |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **catch** | gerund | Toomai *not said here* | wild elephants |  | Toomai's own |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause Toomai ran off to the jungle lines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t2:o2:1
# text = cause Toomai ran off to the jungle lines
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	reparandum	_	_
2	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	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 | **run off** | past | Toomai |  |  |  |  | to the jungle lines *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to line=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause Toomai went out alone at night and joined the drive without asking anyone's permission

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t2:o3:1
# text = cause Toomai went out alone at night and joined the drive without asking anyone's permission
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go out** | past | Toomai |  |  |  | night | alone, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **join** | past | Toomai *not said here* | the drive |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drive=Patient |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Toomai *not said here* | anyone's permission |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient |
| 5 | **permit** |  | anyone |  |  |  |  |  | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he stayed out at the river all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t2:o4:1
# text = cause he stayed out at the river all night
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay out** | past | cause |  |  | the river | night |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at river=Location |

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