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title: Did the castle with gold plates sound dodgy or sick? — Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the castle with gold plates sound dodgy or sick? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

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Did the castle with gold plates sound dodgy or sick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** castle · **What happens:** do, sound

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» 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/179-pg128-part19/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t12:1
# text = Did the castle with gold plates sound dodgy or sick?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **sound** | present | the castle with gold plates |  |  |  |  | dodgy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sick, the walls were covered in gold leaf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t12:o1:1
# text = Sick, the walls were covered in gold leaf
1	Sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past · passive |  | the Sick walls |  |  |  | in gold leaf | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in leaf=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dodgy, the gate always slams shut behind you, and the gold plates are all fake, mate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t12:o2:1
# text = Dodgy, the gate always slams shut behind you, and the gold plates are all fake, mate
1	Dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	slams	slam	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	all	all	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
19	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slam** | present | the Dodgy gate | fake mate |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shut** | participle | the Dodgy gate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind you | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | the gold plates |  |  |  |  | all, fake *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sick, the gate always stays open for you, and the rooms are full of gold and jewels

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t12:o3:1
# text = Sick, the gate always stays open for you, and the rooms are full of gold and jewels
1	Sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | the Sick gate |  |  |  |  | for you; always, open *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the rooms |  |  |  |  | of gold and jewels; full *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sick, the gate always stays open for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t12:o4:1
# text = Sick, the gate always stays open for you
1	Sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | the gate |  |  |  |  | for you; always, open *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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