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title: why was the deer crying, no cap? — Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5:… · tree and pragmatics
description: why was the deer crying, no cap? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1204 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is caught by Jamila, who breaks the spell and sends him off to find the Simurgh» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is c…

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why was the deer crying, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deer · **What happens:** be, cry

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1204 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is caught by Jamila, who breaks the spell and sends him off to find the Simurgh» 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/1204-pg3282-part5/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:t4:1
# text = why was the deer crying, no cap?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the deer and no cap |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the deer and no cap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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cause the nurse was mean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:t4:o1:1
# text = cause the nurse was mean
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | the nurse |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |

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

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cause a man was stuck inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:t4:o2:1
# text = cause a man was stuck inside
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | a man |  |  |  |  | inside, stuck *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause a prince was trapped in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:t4:o3:1
# text = cause a prince was trapped in it
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **trap** | past · passive |  |  |  | it |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in it=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause a prince was trapped inside the deer by a spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:t4:o4:1
# text = cause a prince was trapped inside the deer by a spell
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **trap** | past · passive | a spell |  |  | the deer |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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