--- title: How did the master respond upon the gazelle's return? — Arabian Nights, Sultan Darai and the G… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the master respond upon the gazelle's return? Exam question 4 of lesson 1773 «Arabian Nights, Sultan Darai and the Gazelle, part 24: the gazelle slays the seven-headed snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/e4/) [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, Sultan Darai and the G…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Sultan Darai and the Gazelle, part 24: the… How did the master respond upon the gazelle's return? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** master, gazelle · **What happens:** respond, return This is exam question 4 of lesson 1773 «Arabian Nights, Sultan Darai and the Gazelle, part 24: the gazelle slays the seven-headed snake» 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/1773-pg641-part24/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:e4:1 # text = How did the master respond upon the gazelle's return? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 respond respond VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **respond** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the master | | | | | upon the gazelle's return | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **return** | | the gazelle | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} He praised it and bowed low ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:e4:o1:1 # text = He praised it and bowed low 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **praise** | past | He | it | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **bow** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | low *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He fed it and let it sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:e4:o2:1 # text = He fed it and let it sleep 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | He | it | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | He *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sleep** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He embraced and kissed it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:e4:o3:1 # text = He embraced and kissed it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | past | He | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kiss** | past | He *not said here* | it | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He wept, held it tightly and thanked God forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:e4:o4:1 # text = He wept, held it tightly and thanked God forever 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 forever forever ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | He | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hold** | past | He *not said here* | it | | | | tightly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | He *not said here* | | God | | | forever *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=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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