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title: Kipling keeps saying "you must not forget the suspenders". Why does… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kipling keeps saying "you must not forget the suspenders". Why does it matter at the end? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 74 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got his Throat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 3 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi…

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Kipling keeps saying "you must not forget the suspenders". Why does it matter at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kipling, you · **What happens:** keep, say, not forget, matter · **To what, where:** suspenders, it, end · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 74 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got his Throat» 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/74-justso-whale-throat/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kipling keeps saying "you must not forget the suspenders".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t3:1
# text = Kipling keeps saying "you must not forget the suspenders".
1	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	suspenders	suspender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Kipling |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Kipling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **forget** *in a quote* | must | you | the suspenders |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why does it matter at the end?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t3:2
# text = Why does it matter at the end?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present · do-support |  | it |  |  | at the end |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They held his breeches up when he got back home at the shore and walked out

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t3:o1:1
# text = They held his breeches up when he got back home at the shore and walked out
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	breeches	breech	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	out	out	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **breech up** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get back** | past | he |  |  | the shore |  | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **walk out** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Mariner used them to tie the grating, which kept the Whale from eating men ever again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t3:o2:1
# text = The Mariner used them to tie the grating, which kept the Whale from eating men ever again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	tie	tie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grating	grating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
16	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	18	advmod	_	_
18	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the Mariner | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **tie** | to-infinitive | the Mariner *not said here* | the grating |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grating=Patient |
| 3 | **keep** | past | the grating | the Whale |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme |
| 4 | **eat** | gerund | the grating *not said here* | men |  |  | again |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Mariner used them to tie the grating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t3:o3:1
# text = The Mariner used them to tie the grating
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	tie	tie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grating	grating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the Mariner | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **tie** | to-infinitive | the Mariner *not said here* | the grating |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grating=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They saved him from drowning at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t3:o4:1
# text = They saved him from drowning at sea
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	drowning	drown	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **drown** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  | sea |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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