--- title: Hang on, the calf begged the old man with its head on the ground? — Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the G… · tree and pragmatics description: Hang on, the calf begged the old man with its head on the ground? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 163 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 3: the merchant goes back to the fountain, and an old man begins his tale» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/163-pg128-part3/t7/) [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, The Merchant and the G…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/163-pg128-part3/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 3: the me… Hang on, the calf begged the old man with its head on the ground? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, calf · **What happens:** hang on, beg · **To what, where:** old man, ground This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 163 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 3: the merchant goes back to the fountain, and an old man begins his tale» 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/163-pg128-part3/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:163-pg128-part3:t7:1 # text = Hang on, the calf begged the old man with its head on the ground? 1 Hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang on** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the calf | | the old man | the ground | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | 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, it begged him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:163-pg128-part3:t7:o1:1 # text = Yeah, it begged him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | it | | him *= he* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, it did that to stop him killing it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:163-pg128-part3:t7:o2:1 # text = Yeah, it did that to stop him killing it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | it | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **kill** | gerund | | it | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, it was just lying down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:163-pg128-part3:t7:o3:1 # text = Nah, it was just lying down 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 down down ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie down** | past · progressive | it | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, it bowed to show respect to him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:163-pg128-part3:t7:o4:1 # text = Yeah, it bowed to show respect to him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | past | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | | respect | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Topic to he=Recipient | **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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