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title: What was the king always begging the fakeer to show him? — Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the king always begging the fakeer to show him? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 10 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…

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What was the king always begging the fakeer to show him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** beg, show · **To what, where:** fakeer, king

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» 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/1138-pg3027-part4/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t10:1
# text = What was the king always begging the fakeer to show him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fakeer	fakeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · progressive |  | the fakeer |  |  |  | always *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent fakeer=Recipient |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  | king |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A proper glimpse of Paradise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t10:o1:1
# text = A proper glimpse of Paradise
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	glimpse	glimpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glimpse** |  |  | Paradise |  |  |  |  | nom glimpse «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A proper look at the mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t10:o2:1
# text = A proper look at the mountains
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A proper glimpse of Paradise, like, the whole thing, with the angels and everything bright

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t10:o3:1
# text = A proper glimpse of Paradise, like, the whole thing, with the angels and everything bright
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	glimpse	glimpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Paradise	Paradise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	appos	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	conj	_	_
18	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glimpse** |  |  | Paradise |  |  |  |  | nom glimpse «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A proper glimpse of Paradise, the gardens and gates and rivers, before he died and got buried

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t10:o4:1
# text = A proper glimpse of Paradise, the gardens and gates and rivers, before he died and got buried
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	glimpse	glimpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Paradise	Paradise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
19	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | a proper glimpse of Paradise and the gardens and gates and rivers |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **get** | past | a proper glimpse of Paradise and the gardens and gates and rivers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **bury** | participle | a proper glimpse of Paradise and the gardens and gates and rivers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **glimpse** |  |  | Paradise and the gardens and gates and rivers |  |  |  |  | nom glimpse «act transitive»: of=patient |

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