--- title: No cap, what did Agib grab to stop himself drowning? — Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18:… · tree and pragmatics description: No cap, what did Agib grab to stop himself drowning? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 178 «Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea, then frees a boy from an underground tomb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/178-pg128-part18/t3/) [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, Prince Agib, part 18:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/178-pg128-part18/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea… No cap, what did Agib grab to stop himself drowning? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Agib · **What happens:** grab, stop, drown · **To what, where:** cap, Agib This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 178 «Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea, then frees a boy from an underground tomb» 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/178-pg128-part18/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t3:1 # text = No cap, what did Agib grab to stop himself drowning? 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Agib Agib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 appos _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 drowning drown VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | past · do-support | Agib | no cap | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | Agib *not said here* | Agib | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **drown** | gerund | Agib *not said here* | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A wooden barrel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t3:o1:1 # text = A wooden barrel 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A floating plank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t3:o2:1 # text = A floating plank 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A broken plank of wood from the deck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t3:o3:1 # text = A broken plank of wood from the deck 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} A piece of rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t3:o4:1 # text = A piece of rope 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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