--- title: The envious guy got gold and carts after, right? Why though? — Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and th… · tree and pragmatics description: The envious guy got gold and carts after, right? Why though? Test 9 · ★ 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 t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/175-pg128-part15/t9/) [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 Envious Man and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/175-pg128-part15/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15:… The envious guy got gold and carts after, right? Why though? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** envious guy · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** gold This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The envious guy got gold and carts after, right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t9:1 # text = The envious guy got gold and carts after, right? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 carts cart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 after after ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 right right INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the envious guy | gold and carts | | | | after *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why though? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t9:2 # text = Why though? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 though though ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The Sultan forgave him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t9:o1:1 # text = The Sultan forgave him 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forgave forgive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forgive** | past | the Sultan | him *= he* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The dervish asked for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t9:o2:1 # text = The dervish asked for it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the dervish | | | | | for it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He paid the Sultan's debts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t9:o3:1 # text = He paid the Sultan's debts 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 paid pay 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 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | He | the Sultan's debts | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} He begged ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t9:o4:1 # text = He begged 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=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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