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title: Did the tent really grow, or was she mucking about? — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the tent really grow, or was she mucking about? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1498 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 85: the Sultan asks for a magic tent and healing water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the tent really grow, or was she mucking about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tent, she · **What happens:** do, grow, muck about · **To what, where:** tent

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1498 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 85: the Sultan asks for a magic tent and healing water» 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/1498-pg503-part85/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t5:1
# text = Did the tent really grow, or was she mucking about?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	mucking	muck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the tent |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | present | the tent *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **muck about** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, she was just joking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t5:o1:1
# text = Nope, she was just joking
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	joking	joke	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It really grew, she was dead serious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t5:o2:1
# text = It really grew, she was dead serious
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It really grew huge, she was dead serious, and the Sultan saw it himself

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t5:o3:1
# text = It really grew huge, she was dead serious, and the Sultan saw it himself
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	csubj	_	_
4	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | It |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | past | the Sultan | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It really grew, she was dead serious and showed the Sultan the whole thing

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t5:o4:1
# text = It really grew, she was dead serious and showed the Sultan the whole thing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | It | the whole thing |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** | past |  |  | the Sultan |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sultan=Recipient |

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**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.

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