--- title: Wait, what did the troop-horse reckon about the camels? — Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did the troop-horse reckon about the camels? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 629 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Shiva, then a wrecked tent and a noisy night among the army animals» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/629-pg236-part30/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/629-pg236-part30/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Sh… Wait, what did the troop-horse reckon about the camels? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, reckon This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 629 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Shiva, then a wrecked tent and a noisy night among the army animals» 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/629-pg236-part30/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t5:1 # text = Wait, what did the troop-horse reckon about the camels? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **reckon** | past · do-support | | | | | | about the camels | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | 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} they had charged through again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t5:o1:1 # text = they had charged through again 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 charged charge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | past · perfect · passive | | they | | | again | through *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} they had racketed through the lines again all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t5:o2:1 # text = they had racketed through the lines again all night 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 racketed racket VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **racket** | past · perfect | they | | | the lines | again; night | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} they had racketed through again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t5:o3:1 # text = they had racketed through again 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 racketed racket VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **racket** | past · perfect | they | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} they had come racketing through the camp once more ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t5:o4:1 # text = they had come racketing through the camp once more 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 racketing racket VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 advmod _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | they | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **racket** | gerund | they *not said here* | | | the camp | | | tree rules | **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. 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