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title: the cavalry was cantering to Bonnie Dundee, sick tune, innit? — Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33:… · tree and pragmatics
description: the cavalry was cantering to Bonnie Dundee, sick tune, innit? Test 9 · ★ 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 each option; M
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# Test 9 · ★ · Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the cavalry was cantering to Bonnie Dundee, sick tune, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cavalry · **What happens:** canter, innit · **To what, where:** Bonnie

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t9:1
# text = the cavalry was cantering to Bonnie Dundee, sick tune, innit?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cavalry	cavalry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cantering	canter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Bonnie	Bonnie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	Dundee	Dundee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **canter** | past · progressive | the cavalry |  | Bonnie |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to bonnie=Result |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the cavalry *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
a sick tune played on the bagpipes by the Scottish regiment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t9:o1:1
# text = a sick tune played on the bagpipes by the Scottish regiment
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bagpipes	bagpipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	regiment	regiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | participle |  | a sick tune *not said here* |  | the bagpipes |  | by the Scottish regiment | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Scottish canter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t9:o2:1
# text = the Scottish canter
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	canter	canter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Bonnie Dundee canter played by the band at the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t9:o3:1
# text = the Bonnie Dundee canter played by the band at the gate
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Bonnie	Bonnie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Dundee	Dundee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	canter	canter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | participle |  | the Dundee canter *not said here* |  | the gate |  | by the band | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Bonnie Dundee canter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:t9:o4:1
# text = the Bonnie Dundee canter
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Bonnie	Bonnie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Dundee	Dundee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	canter	canter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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