--- title: Wait, so the Afghans wanted their horse back? Sus, mate! — Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, so the Afghans wanted their horse back? Sus, mate! Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1300 «Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a stolen-looking horse, catches a tiger, and chooses a pony» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1300-pg3454-part25/t2/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1300-pg3454-part25/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s… Wait, so the Afghans wanted their horse back? Sus, mate! **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Afghans · **What happens:** wait, want back · **To what, where:** horse This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1300 «Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a stolen-looking horse, catches a tiger, and chooses a pony» 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/1300-pg3454-part25/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Wait, so the Afghans wanted their horse back? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:t2:1 # text = Wait, so the Afghans wanted their horse back? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Afghans Afghan PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? 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 | **want back** | past | the Afghans | Afghans's horse | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot horse=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. *Sentence 2:* Sus, mate! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:t2:2 # text = Sus, mate! 1 Sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yeah, they claimed the horse, swore Moti had stolen it, and then asked the court for a second riddle to settle the matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:t2:o1:1 # text = Yeah, they claimed the horse, swore Moti had stolen it, and then asked the court for a second riddle to settle the matter 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 iobj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 amod _ _ 22 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | they | the horse | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent horse=Topic | | 2 | **swear** | past | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive | | Moti | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | they *not said here* | | the court | | then | for a second riddle | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent court=Recipient | | 5 | **settle** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the matter | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme matter=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, they never wanted it back, they only wanted Moti's silver and the pony he had chosen from the king's stable ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:t2:o2:1 # text = Nah, they never wanted it back, they only wanted Moti's silver and the pony he had chosen from the king's stable 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 stable stable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want back** | past | they | it | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **want** | past | they | Moti's silver | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot silver=Theme | | 3 | **choose** | past · perfect · passive | | the pony | | the king's stable | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from stable=Source | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, they said it was theirs and went crying to the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:t2:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they said it was theirs and went crying to the king 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 ccomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | theirs *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | they *not said here* | | the king | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, they just shrugged and walked off to the bazaar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1300-pg3454-part25:t2:o4:1 # text = Nah, they just shrugged and walked off to the bazaar 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 shrugged shrug VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bazaar bazaar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shrug** | past | they | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **walk off** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | to the bazaar | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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