--- title: How long was the journey to the lake, then? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics description: How long was the journey to the lake, then? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/168-pg128-part8/t6/) [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 Young King of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/168-pg128-part8/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8:… How long was the journey to the lake, then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** journey This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» 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/168-pg128-part8/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t6:1 # text = How long was the journey to the lake, then? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the journey | | | then | to the lake; long *property* | tree rules | 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} Three hours' journey away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t6:o1:1 # text = Three hours' journey away 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **journey** | | Three hours | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} A full day's ride across the plain beyond the city walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t6:o2:1 # text = A full day's ride across the plain beyond the city walls 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 across across ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | | a full day | | | the plain beyond the city walls | | | nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent across=place | ### Option 3 {#o3} Three days away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t6:o3:1 # text = Three days away 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Quite close ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t6:o4:1 # text = Quite close 1 Quite quite ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` 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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