--- title: What did the master say he couldn't do without the gazelle? — Arabian Nights, Sultan Darai and the G… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the master say he couldn't do without the gazelle? Test 10 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1773-pg641-part24/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sultan Darai and the Gazelle, part 24: the… What did the master say he couldn't do without the gazelle? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** master · **What happens:** do, say, not do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:t10:1 # text = What did the master say he couldn't do without the gazelle? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do 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 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 10 without without ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **do** | could | master | | | | | without the gazelle | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} Sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:t10:o1:1 # text = Sleep 1 Sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Pray ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:t10:o2:1 # text = Pray 1 Pray pray VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Eat or drink ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:t10:o3:1 # text = Eat or drink 1 Eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drink** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Speak or sing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1773-pg641-part24:t10:o4:1 # text = Speak or sing 1 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 sing sing VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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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