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title: bro did Petersen Sahib really say you can go in the Keddahs? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro did Petersen Sahib really say you can go in the Keddahs? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 626 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Petersen Sahib praises Little Toomai, and Kala Nag breaks loose at night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro did Petersen Sahib really say you can go in the Keddahs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, you · **What happens:** do, say, go · **To what, where:** Petersen, Keddahs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 626 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Petersen Sahib praises Little Toomai, and Kala Nag breaks loose at night» 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/626-pg236-part27/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t1:1
# text = bro did Petersen Sahib really say you can go in the Keddahs?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Petersen	Petersen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	Sahib	Sahib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Keddahs	keddah	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | bro | Petersen |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petersen=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | bro *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** | can | you |  |  | the Keddahs |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in keddah=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he said you can go once the elephants dance, but it's basically impossible for kids

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah he said you can go once the elephants dance, but it's basically impossible for kids
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **dance** | present | the elephants |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for kids; basically, impossible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he said after the Keddah trip, and then you can pick the big tusker

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t1:o2:1
# text = nah he said after the Keddah trip, and then you can pick the big tusker
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Keddah	Keddah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	tusker	tusker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  | after the Keddah trip |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pick** | can | you | the big tusker |  |  | then |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tusker=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, after you see them dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, after you see them dance
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | you | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
only after you see the elephants dance, so basically never

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t1:o4:1
# text = only after you see the elephants dance, so basically never
1	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | you |  |  |  |  | basically *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **dance** | present | the elephants |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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