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title: Looking back: in part 1, what was the Dog's bargain? — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in part 1, what was the Dog's bargain? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t…

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Looking back: in part 1, what was the Dog's bargain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** part · **What happens:** look back, be · **To what, where:** bargain

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» 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/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in part 1, what was the Dog's bargain?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in part and the Dog's bargain | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | part and the Dog's bargain | the Dog's bargain |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Hunt the mice, for fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t11:o1:1
# text = Hunt the mice, for fish
1	Hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mice |  |  |  | for fish | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mouse=Location for fish=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hunt and guard the Cave all night, for bones and a warm place by the fire

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t11:o2:1
# text = Hunt and guard the Cave all night, for bones and a warm place by the fire
1	Hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	guard	guard	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for bones and a warm place; by the fire | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for bone=Theme by fire=Location |
| 2 | **guard** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the Cave |  |  | night |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Beneficiary |

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

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Hunt and guard, for bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t11:o3:1
# text = Hunt and guard, for bones
1	Hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	guard	guard	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for bones | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for bone=Theme |
| 2 | **guard** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Carry wood, for milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t11:o4:1
# text = Carry wood, for milk
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | wood |  |  |  | for milk | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |

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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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