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title: the native officer said we all obey, from the sergeant right up, ain… — Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33:… · tree and pragmatics
description: the native officer said we all obey, from the sergeant right up, ain't he? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 632 «Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question orders before the big parade» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question…

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the native officer said we all obey, from the sergeant right up, ain't he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** native officer, we · **What happens:** say, obey · **To what, where:** sergeant · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 632 «Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question orders before the big parade» 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/632-pg236-part33/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t12:1
# text = the native officer said we all obey, from the sergeant right up, ain't he?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	obey	obey	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sergeant	sergeant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	ai	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the native officer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **obey** | present | we | the sergeant |  |  |  | all *property* | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sergeant=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
up to the Viceroy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t12:o1:1
# text = up to the Viceroy
1	up	up	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Viceroy	Viceroy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
up to the Viceroy himself at the very top of the army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t12:o2:1
# text = up to the Viceroy himself at the very top of the army
1	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Viceroy	Viceroy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to the general at the front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t12:o3:1
# text = to the general at the front
1	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
right up to the Viceroy and then to the Amir in his tent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t12:o4:1
# text = right up to the Viceroy and then to the Amir in his tent
1	right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Viceroy	Viceroy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Amir	Amir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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