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title: With reference to the passage, state by what means Kala Nag conveyed… — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, state by what means Kala Nag conveyed Little Toomai into the forest. Exam question 1 of lesson 627 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai rides Kala Nag to the secret elephant gathering» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai…

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With reference to the passage, state by what means Kala Nag conveyed Little Toomai into the forest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kala · **What happens:** mean, convey · **To what, where:** Little Toomai, forest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 627 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai rides Kala Nag to the secret elephant gathering» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/627-pg236-part28/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e1:1
# text = With reference to the passage, state by what means Kala Nag conveyed Little Toomai into the forest.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	Kala	Kala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	Nag	Nag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
14	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the passage and state | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **convey** | past | Kala | Little Toomai |  | the forest |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent toomai=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By swinging him up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e1:o1:1
# text = By swinging him up
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swinging	swing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing up** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme he=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By lifting him up to his neck, whereupon the elephant moved off without making any noise at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e1:o2:1
# text = By lifting him up to his neck, whereupon the elephant moved off without making any noise at all
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift up** | gerund | the elephant *not said here* | him *= he* |  | his neck |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to neck=Destination |
| 2 | **move off** | past | the elephant |  |  |  |  | whereupon *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | gerund | the elephant *not said here* | any noise |  | all |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By lifting him slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e1:o3:1
# text = By lifting him slowly
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By swinging him up to his neck, whereupon the elephant slipped silently away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e1:o4:1
# text = By swinging him up to his neck, whereupon the elephant slipped silently away
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swinging	swing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	silently	silently	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing up** | gerund | the elephant *not said here* | him *= he* |  | his neck |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme to neck=Trajectory |
| 2 | **slip away** | past | the elephant |  |  |  |  | away, silently, whereupon *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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