--- title: so when Billy swore, what was that crupper and breastplate thing? — The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servant… · tree and pragmatics description: so when Billy swore, what was that crupper and breastplate thing? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 630 «The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army animals talk about being scared and about fighting» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/630-pg236-part31/t6/) [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/) / [The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servant…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/630-pg236-part31/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army… so when Billy swore, what was that crupper and breastplate thing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Billy · **What happens:** swear, be · **To what, where:** crupper thing This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 630 «The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army animals talk about being scared and about fighting» 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/630-pg236-part31/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t6:1 # text = so when Billy swore, what was that crupper and breastplate thing? 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 crupper crupper NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 breastplate breastplate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | past | Billy | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | crupper thing | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a horse's saddle straps, he was just shocked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t6:o1:1 # text = a horse's saddle straps, he was just shocked 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 straps strap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 shocked shocked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | horse | | | | | shocked *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} a horse's saddle straps and bridle and girth, all buckled tight, he was just shocked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t6:o2:1 # text = a horse's saddle straps and bridle and girth, all buckled tight, he was just shocked 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 straps strap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 girth girth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 buckled buckle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 13 tight tight ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 shocked shocked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buckle** | participle · passive | a horse's saddle straps and bridle and girth *not said here* | all | | | | tight *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | horse | | | | | shocked *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} a leather strap for the horse's head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t6:o3:1 # text = a leather strap for the horse's head 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 strap strap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a set of harness straps for the horse's chest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t6:o4:1 # text = a set of harness straps for the horse's chest 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 harness harness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 straps strap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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