--- title: By what means did the narrator's right eye come to be lost? — Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, p… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the narrator's right eye come to be lost? Exam question 1 of lesson 172 «Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his eye, his father's throne is taken, and the lovers' tomb is found» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/172-pg128-part12/e1/) [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 Three Calenders, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/172-pg128-part12/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l… By what means did the narrator's right eye come to be lost? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, come, lose · **To what, where:** right eye This is exam question 1 of lesson 172 «Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his eye, his father's throne is taken, and the lovers' tomb is found» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/172-pg128-part12/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:e1:1 # text = By what means did the narrator's right eye come to be lost? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | | the narrator's right eye | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lose** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V» | 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} A sword blow in battle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:e1:o1:1 # text = A sword blow in battle 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The vizir ordered it removed in prison ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:e1:o2:1 # text = The vizir ordered it removed in prison 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | the vizir | | it | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **remove** *not said to happen* | participle | the vizir *not said here* | | | prison | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was cut out by the guards during a hunt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:e1:o3:1 # text = It was cut out by the guards during a hunt 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 during during ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut out** | past · passive | the guards | It | | | during a hunt | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector subject=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It was torn out by the vizir while he was imprisoned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:e1:o4:1 # text = It was torn out by the vizir while he was imprisoned 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear out** | past · passive | the vizir | It | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location subject=Theme | | 2 | **imprison** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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