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title: Wait, which words wrecked the whole trip for him? — Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, which words wrecked the whole trip for him? Test 5 · ★ 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 option;
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea…

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Wait, which words wrecked the whole trip for him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, wreck · **To what, where:** whole trip

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t5:1
# text = Wait, which words wrecked the whole trip for him?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wreck** | past |  | the whole trip |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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There is no god but Allah, praise be to Him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t5:o1:1
# text = There is no god but Allah, praise be to Him
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Allah	Allah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | no god but Allah and praise |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | no god but Allah and praise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Allah | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Allah be praised for this fine day at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t5:o2:1
# text = Allah be praised for this fine day at sea
1	Allah	Allah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	praised	praise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | infinitive · passive |  | Allah |  |  | day |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Praise the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t5:o3:1
# text = Praise the sea
1	Praise	praise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme |

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

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Allah be praised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:t5:o4:1
# text = Allah be praised
1	Allah	Allah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	praised	praise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | infinitive · passive |  | Allah |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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