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title: Honestly, did Sinbad keep his mouth shut the whole time? — Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Honestly, did Sinbad keep his mouth shut the whole time? Test 8 · ★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Honestly, did Sinbad keep his mouth shut the whole time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sinbad, mouth · **What happens:** keep, shut

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t8:1
# text = Honestly, did Sinbad keep his mouth shut the whole time?
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Sinbad	Sinbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shut	shut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | Sinbad |  |  |  |  | honestly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shut** | past | Sinbad's mouth |  |  |  | time |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nah, he kept asking loads of questions and couldn't stop himself from talking at all

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t8:o1:1
# text = Nah, he kept asking loads of questions and couldn't stop himself from talking at all
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	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obj	_	_
14	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | he *not said here* | loads of questions |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent load=Recipient |
| 3 | **not** **stop** | could | he *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality himself=Eventuality |
| 4 | **talk** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he stayed quiet and kept his head down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t8:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he stayed quiet and kept his head down
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	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | he |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep down** | past | he *not said here* | his head |  |  |  | down *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he never said a word, not even when the old man shouted at him for an hour

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he never said a word, not even when the old man shouted at him for an hour
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | a word |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **shout** *speech: express* | past | the old man |  |  |  | hour | at him *= he* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he kept asking questions, couldn't help it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t8:o4:1
# text = Nah, he kept asking questions, couldn't help it
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	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | he *not said here* | questions |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
| 3 | **not** **help** | could | he *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |

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