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title: The Mariner made a rhyme after his trick, and so did the Parsee. Wha… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Mariner made a rhyme after his trick, and so did the Parsee. What do both rhymes do? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 76 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…

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The Mariner made a rhyme after his trick, and so did the Parsee. What do both rhymes do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mariner, rhymes · **What happens:** make, do, trick, be · **To what, where:** rhyme, Parsee

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 76 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin» 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/76-justso-rhinoceros-skin/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Mariner made a rhyme after his trick, and so did the Parsee.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t11:1
# text = The Mariner made a rhyme after his trick, and so did the Parsee.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	after	after	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	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Parsee	Parsee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the Mariner | a rhyme |  |  | after Mariner's trick |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhyme=Product |
| 2 | **do** | past | the Mariner *not said here* | the Parsee |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parsee=Eventuality |
| 3 | **trick** |  | Mariner |  |  |  |  |  | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* What do both rhymes do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t11:2
# text = What do both rhymes do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | both rhymes |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Scold the animal they caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t11:o1:1
# text = Scold the animal they caught
1	Scold	scold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | past | they | the animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Thank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t11:o2:1
# text = Thank
1	Thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Praise the animal they helped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t11:o3:1
# text = Praise the animal they helped
1	Praise	praise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | past | they | the animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Beneficiary |

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

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Tease the animal they have just tricked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t11:o4:1
# text = Tease the animal they have just tricked
1	Tease	tease	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |
| 2 | **trick** | present · perfect · passive | the animal *not said here* | they |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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