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title: What would have happened if the Mariner had kept quiet inside the Wh… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if the Mariner had kept quiet inside the Whale? Test 5 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choic
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# Test 5 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi…

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What would have happened if the Mariner had kept quiet inside the Whale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, keep · **To what, where:** Mariner

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t5:1
# text = What would have happened if the Mariner had kept quiet inside the Whale?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | the Mariner |  |  |  | inside the Whale; quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme inside whale=Location |

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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}

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He would still be sitting on his raft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t5:o1:1
# text = He would still be sitting on his raft
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	raft	raft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | would · progressive | He |  |  | his raft | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on raft=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Whale would have had no reason to take him home, so he would have stayed inside the Whale forever

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t5:o2:1
# text = The Whale would have had no reason to take him home, so he would have stayed inside the Whale forever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
17	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
18	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would · perfect | the Whale | no reason |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the Whale *not said here* | no reason *not said here* | Whale |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
| 3 | **stay** | would · perfect | Whale |  |  |  |  | inside the Whale; forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside whale=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Whale would have had no reason to take him home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t5:o3:1
# text = The Whale would have had no reason to take him home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would · perfect | the Whale | no reason |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the Whale *not said here* | no reason *not said here* | Whale |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Whale would have swum on, hungry, and the fish would have stayed in the mud for a while longer

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t5:o4:1
# text = The Whale would have swum on, hungry, and the fish would have stayed in the mud for a while longer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	swum	swim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
15	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
22	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim on** | would · perfect · passive |  | the Whale |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | would · perfect | the fish |  |  | the mud | while | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mud=Location |

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