--- title: Did the bird give him a city and stuff for free? — Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Si… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the bird give him a city and stuff for free? Test 4 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1206-pg3282-part7/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas… Did the bird give him a city and stuff for free? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** city, him This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t4:1 # text = Did the bird give him a city and stuff for free? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · do-support | the bird | a city and stuff for free | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient city=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 {#o1} Yeah, a castle and some gold, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, a castle and some gold, innit 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, a whole city, the Caucasus and everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, a whole city, the Caucasus and everything 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Caucasus Caucasus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Nah, he had to pay for it with three feathers and a diamond, mate, and a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t4:o3:1 # text = Nah, he had to pay for it with three feathers and a diamond, mate, and a horse 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | he | a horse | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | a horse *not said here* | | | | | for it; with three feathers and a diamond and mate | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, a whole city, a load of gold, and the Caucasus mountains too, proper generous ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1206-pg3282-part7:t4:o4:1 # text = Yeah, a whole city, a load of gold, and the Caucasus mountains too, proper generous 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Caucasus Caucasus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 generous generous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` 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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