--- title: did the old man bring the stuff back to the tailor's? — Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: did the old man bring the stuff back to the tailor's? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 174 «Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator smashes the talisman, and the genius catches him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/174-pg128-part14/t12/) [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 Third Calender, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/174-pg128-part14/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator… did the old man bring the stuff back to the tailor's? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** bring · **To what, where:** stuff This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 174 «Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator smashes the talisman, and the genius catches him» 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/174-pg128-part14/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:174-pg128-part14:t12:1 # text = did the old man bring the stuff back to the tailor's? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · do-support | the old man | the stuff | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent stuff=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 {#o1} yeah, the hatchet and the slippers, and also the sabre he had dropped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:174-pg128-part14:t12:o1:1 # text = yeah, the hatchet and the slippers, and also the sabre he had dropped 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 slippers slipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 also also ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sabre sabre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past · perfect | he | the sabre *not said here* | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabre=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, the hatchet and the turban ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:174-pg128-part14:t12:o2:1 # text = yeah, the hatchet and the turban 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 turban turban NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} nah, he left them in the palace and the tailor never saw them again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:174-pg128-part14:t12:o3:1 # text = nah, he left them in the palace and the tailor never saw them again 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 again again ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | he | them *= they* | | the palace | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in palace=Location | | 2 | **not** **see** | past | the tailor | them *= they* | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, the hatchet and the slippers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:174-pg128-part14:t12:o4:1 # text = yeah, the hatchet and the slippers 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 slippers slipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` 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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