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title: Harry says: "The Elephant's Child pulled and the Crocodile let go co… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Harry says: "The Elephant's Child pulled and the Crocodile let go cos he got bored." Put him right. Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 80 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 2 (the tug-of-war and the trunk)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

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Harry says: "The Elephant's Child pulled and the Crocodile let go cos he got bored." Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Harry, Child, Crocodile, you · **What happens:** say, pull, let, go, get, put · **To what, where:** Crocodile · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 80 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 2 (the tug-of-war and the trunk)» 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/80-justso-elephants-child-2/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Harry says: "The Elephant's Child pulled and the Crocodile let go cos he got bored."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t1:1
# text = Harry says: "The Elephant's Child pulled and the Crocodile let go cos he got bored."
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
15	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
18	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Harry |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pull** *in a quote* | past | the Elephant's Child |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **let** *in a quote* | past | the Crocodile |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Crocodile *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Crocodile |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t1:2
# text = Put him right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Crocodile |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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His mother and the Baboon pulled hardest of all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t1:o1:1
# text = His mother and the Baboon pulled hardest of all
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Baboon	Baboon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | His mother and the Baboon | hardest |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Elephant's Child and the Snake pulled hardest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t1:o2:1
# text = The Elephant's Child and the Snake pulled hardest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | the Elephant's Child and the Snake | hardest |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Snake pulled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t1:o3:1
# text = The Snake pulled
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | the Snake |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Crocodile and the Snake both pulled hardest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t1:o4:1
# text = The Crocodile and the Snake both pulled hardest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	both	both	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | the Crocodile and the Snake | hardest |  |  |  | both *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Theme |

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