--- title: How'd she call for help if she needed it? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics description: How'd she call for help if she needed it? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/173-pg128-part13/t13/) [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/173-pg128-part13/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13… How'd she call for help if she needed it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** call, need · **To what, where:** help · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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/173-pg128-part13/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t13:1 # text = How'd she call for help if she needed it? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | would | she | | | | | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | | 2 | **need** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | she | help | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} she rubs some magic stone that's hidden up on the wall of the room near the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t13:o1:1 # text = she rubs some magic stone that's hidden up on the wall of the room near the door 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rubs rub VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 4 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 near near ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | present | she | some magic stone | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 2 | **hide up** | present · passive | | some magic stone | | the wall of the room near the door | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient on wall=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} press a charm near the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t13:o2:1 # text = press a charm near the door 1 press press VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* | a charm | | the door | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} touch a talisman by her door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t13:o3:1 # text = touch a talisman by her door 1 touch touch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 talisman talisman NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | imperative | you *not said here* | a talisman | | | | by her door | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent talisman=Experiencer by door=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} tap the lamp by the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t13:o4:1 # text = tap the lamp by the wall 1 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tap** | | the wall | | | | | | nom tap «event intransitive»: by=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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