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title: Why'd the sailors wanna chuck him in the sea? — Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the sailors wanna chuck him in the sea? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15:…

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Why'd the sailors wanna chuck him in the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sailors · **What happens:** wanna, chuck · **To what, where:** him, sea

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» 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/175-pg128-part15/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t13:1
# text = Why'd the sailors wanna chuck him in the sea?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanna	wanna	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wanna** | would | the sailors |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chuck** | infinitive | the sailors *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the sea |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sea=Destination |

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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}

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They think he's a spy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t13:o1:1
# text = They think he's a spy
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | a spy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They thought he was a genie in disguise sent to sink the ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t13:o2:1
# text = They thought he was a genie in disguise sent to sink the ship
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | a genie |  | disguise |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **send** | participle |  | a genie *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sink** | to-infinitive |  | the ship |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ship=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He cursed the captain and insulted the sailors' mother in public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t13:o3:1
# text = He cursed the captain and insulted the sailors' mother in public
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	insulted	insult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past | He | the captain |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captain=Theme |
| 2 | **insult** | past | He *not said here* | the sailors's mother |  | public |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mother=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bad luck, they thought

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t13:o4:1
# text = Bad luck, they thought
1	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Bad luck |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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