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title: Salty, did Kala Nag ever get annoyed or fight? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Salty, did Kala Nag ever get annoyed or fight? Test 11 · ★ 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 optio
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai…

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Salty, did Kala Nag ever get annoyed or fight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kala · **What happens:** get, fight

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t11:1
# text = Salty, did Kala Nag ever get annoyed or fight?
1	Salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	Kala	Kala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	Nag	Nag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Kala |  |  |  | ever | annoyed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **fight** | infinitive | Kala *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
He stamped and shook his head and charged straight at the other elephants before finally calming down

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t11:o1:1
# text = He stamped and shook his head and charged straight at the other elephants before finally calming down
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stamped	stamp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	charged	charge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	calming	calm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
17	down	down	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stamp** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shake** | past | He *not said here* | his head |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 3 | **charge** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the other elephants; straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at elephant=Trajectory |
| 4 | **calm down** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He roared and crashed through the forest, pushing aside every tree and branch in his path until the boy was safe

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t11:o2:1
# text = He roared and crashed through the forest, pushing aside every tree and branch in his path until the boy was safe
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roared	roar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
18	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **crash** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Location |
| 3 | **push** | gerund | He *not said here* | every tree and branch |  | his path |  | aside *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in path=Trajectory |
| 4 | **is** | past | the boy |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He snapped at the bushes and charged a few trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t11:o3:1
# text = He snapped at the bushes and charged a few trees
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	charged	charge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | past | He |  |  | the bushes |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bush=Location |
| 2 | **charge** | past | He *not said here* | a few trees |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He pushed through the bushes but stayed calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t11:o4:1
# text = He pushed through the bushes but stayed calm
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | He |  |  | the bushes |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through bush=Trajectory |
| 2 | **stay** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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