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title: Did Sinbad get to eat at the castle or not? — Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Sinbad get to eat at the castle or not? Test 6 · ★ 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 each optio
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

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Did Sinbad get to eat at the castle or not?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sinbad · **What happens:** get, eat · **To what, where:** castle

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t6:1
# text = Did Sinbad get to eat at the castle or not?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Sinbad	Sinbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Sinbad |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Sinbad *not said here* |  |  | the castle |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Yeah, he scoffed the whole supper, proper hungry, and asked for more of the wine

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he scoffed the whole supper, proper hungry, and asked for more of the wine
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scoffed	scoff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoff** | past | he | the whole supper |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for more | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the old man gave him nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, the old man gave him nothing at all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the old man | nothing | him *= he* | all |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nothing=Theme at all=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he refused the supper and sat in the corner, proper sulking all night long

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, he refused the supper and sat in the corner, proper sulking all night long
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sulking	sulk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | he | the supper |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the corner |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location |
| 3 | **sulk** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  | night | long *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he scoffed the supper, proper hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he scoffed the supper, proper hungry
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scoffed	scoff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoff** | past | he | the supper |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Theme |

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