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title: Cringe, what was the mood at the very end? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Cringe, what was the mood at the very end? Test 10 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 10 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai…

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Cringe, what was the mood at the very end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cringe · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** mood, end

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t10:1
# text = Cringe, what was the mood at the very end?
1	Cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Cringe and the mood | the mood |  |  | at the end |  | 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 {#o1}

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Wild and frightening, with the thundering beat getting louder and louder as the whole herd danced in the dark

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t10:o1:1
# text = Wild and frightening, with the thundering beat getting louder and louder as the whole herd danced in the dark
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	thundering	thundering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	beat	beat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	conj	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	danced	dance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund | the Wild thundering beat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as the whole herd; loud *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as herd=Attribute |
| 2 | **dance** | participle |  | the whole herd *not said here* |  | the dark |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tense, with the drums going on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t10:o2:1
# text = Tense, with the drums going on
1	Tense	tense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | gerund | the drums *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Eerie, with the beat getting louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t10:o3:1
# text = Eerie, with the beat getting louder
1	Eerie	eerie	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beat	beat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund | the Eerie beat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Calm and quiet, slowly fading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t10:o4:1
# text = Calm and quiet, slowly fading
1	Calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fading	fade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fade** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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