--- title: wait, did the wise men say to let him go? — Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, did the wise men say to let him go? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1201 «Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz, part 2: Tahmasp rides to the riddle city and loses his head, and his brother follows him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1201-pg3282-part2/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1201-pg3282-part2/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz… wait, did the wise men say to let him go? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wise men, him · **What happens:** wait, say, let, go · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1201 «Persian Tales, Prince Tahmasp and the Riddle of Mihr-afruz, part 2: Tahmasp rides to the riddle city and loses his head, and his brother follows him» 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/1201-pg3282-part2/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t13:1 # text = wait, did the wise men say to let him go? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the wise men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Yeah, with some hired soldiers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t13:o1:1 # text = Yeah, with some hired soldiers 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 hired hire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hire** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, with some trusted mates ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t13:o2:1 # text = Yeah, with some trusted mates 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, he should stay home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t13:o3:1 # text = No, he should stay home 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | should | he | | | | | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1201-pg3282-part2:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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