--- title: What did he flash at the king to get in? — Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Si… · tree and pragmatics description: What did he flash at the king to get in? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1206-pg3282-part7/t11/) [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 Almas and the Si…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1206-pg3282-part7/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas… What did he flash at the king to get in? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** flash, get in This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» 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/1206-pg3282-part7/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t11:1 # text = What did he flash at the king to get in? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flash flash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flash** | past · do-support | he | | | | | at the king | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 2 | **get in** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} The diamond, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t11:o1:1 # text = The diamond, mate 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The pearl his mum gave, the ten misqals one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t11:o2:1 # text = The pearl his mum gave, the ten misqals one 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 misqals misqal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 flat _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the pearl | the ten misqals | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misqal=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} That ruby the bird gave him, the twenty misqals one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t11:o3:1 # text = That ruby the bird gave him, the twenty misqals one 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 ruby ruby NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 misqals misqal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 flat _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | that ruby | the twenty misqals | bird | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient misqal=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} That diamond the bird gave him, the thirty misqals one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t11:o4:1 # text = That diamond the bird gave him, the thirty misqals one 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 diamond diamond VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 misqals misqal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **diamond** | present | That | the thirty misqals | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | the bird | | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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