---
title: the dog was basically the best boi, so what did it grab? — Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9:… · tree and pragmatics
description: the dog was basically the best boi, so what did it grab? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1208 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul and unmasks the princess's secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1208-pg3282-part9/t10/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1208-pg3282-part9/) / t10

# Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul an…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the dog was basically the best boi, so what did it grab?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** be, grab

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1208 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul and unmasks the princess's secret» 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/1208-pg3282-part9/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t10:1
# text = the dog was basically the best boi, so what did it grab?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
7	boi	Boi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  | basically, good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab** | past · do-support | dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the negro's throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t10:o1:1
# text = the negro's throat
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	negro	negro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the groom's hand tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t10:o2:1
# text = the groom's hand tight
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	groom	groom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the negro's throat and wouldn't let go until the fight was over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t10:o3:1
# text = the negro's throat and wouldn't let go until the fight was over
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	negro	negro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	over	over	ADV	RB	_	9	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | the fight |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t10:o4:1
# text = the rope
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9:…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1208-pg3282-part9/t9/)
- next →: [Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9:…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1208-pg3282-part9/t11/)
- ↑ back to [Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul and unmasks the princess's secret](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1208-pg3282-part9/)