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title: wait, why do the camels sit down in a square, is that wicked? — The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servant… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why do the camels sit down in a square, is that wicked? Test 8 · ★ 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 question
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# Test 8 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

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wait, why do the camels sit down in a square, is that wicked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, camels, that · **What happens:** wait, sit down, be · **To what, where:** square

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t8:1
# text = wait, why do the camels sit down in a square, is that wicked?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **sit down** | present · do-support | the camels |  |  | a square |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | wicked *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they sit to rest in the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t8:o1:1
# text = they sit to rest in the sun
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rest** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  | the sun |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they sit in a square so the men can fire over their backs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t8:o2:1
# text = they sit in a square so the men can fire over their backs
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | they |  |  | a square |  | so fire over men's backs | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to hide from the smoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t8:o3:1
# text = to hide from the smoke
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the smoke |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from smoke=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they kneel in a ring so the drivers can feed them grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t8:o4:1
# text = they kneel in a ring so the drivers can feed them grain
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kneel	kneel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kneel** | present | they |  |  | a ring |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ring=Location |
| 2 | **feed** | can | the drivers | grain | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient grain=Theme |

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