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title: wait, did Kala Nag actually bust out of the chains? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, did Kala Nag actually bust out of the chains? Test 5 · ★ 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 the ques
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# Test 5 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait, did Kala Nag actually bust out of the chains?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Kala · **What happens:** wait, do, bust out · **To what, where:** chains

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t5:1
# text = wait, did Kala Nag actually bust out of the chains?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
4	Kala	Kala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	Nag	Nag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	bust	bust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 | **do** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bust out** | past | Kala | the chains |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=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 {#o1}

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yeah, the coir string went tang and he rolled out of the pickets slowly like a cloud

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t5:o1:1
# text = yeah, the coir string went tang and he rolled out of the pickets slowly like a cloud
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	coir	coir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	tang	tang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pickets	picket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the coir string | tang |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tang=Theme |
| 2 | **roll out** | past | string | the pickets |  |  |  | like a cloud; slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picket=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he pulled the stake and the chain held, but he stamped the ground

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t5:o2:1
# text = nah, he pulled the stake and the chain held, but he stamped the ground
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stake	stake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	stamped	stamp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | he | the stake and the chain |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stake=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | the chain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stamp** | past | he | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ground=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the grass loop snapped and he left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t5:o3:1
# text = yeah, the grass loop snapped and he left
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | past | the grass loop |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past | loop |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the coir string went tang and he rolled out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t5:o4:1
# text = yeah, the coir string went tang and he rolled out
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	coir	coir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	tang	tang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the coir string | tang |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tang=Theme |
| 2 | **roll out** | past | string |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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