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title: Sick, what did the head-man do when he saw the dates? — Arab Tales, Sit-in-the-Kitchen, the yo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sick, what did the head-man do when he saw the dates? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1794 «Arab Tales, Sit-in-the-Kitchen, the youngest son guards the date tree and catches the bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 13 · ★ · Arab Tales, Sit-in-the-Kitchen, the youngest son guards th…

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Sick, what did the head-man do when he saw the dates?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, man · **What happens:** sick, do, see · **To what, where:** dates

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1794 «Arab Tales, Sit-in-the-Kitchen, the youngest son guards the date tree and catches the bird» 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/1794-pg641-part45/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:t13:1
# text = Sick, what did the head-man do when he saw the dates?
1	Sick	sick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** | past | man | the dates |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer date=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Beat a big drum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:t13:o1:1
# text = Beat a big drum
1	Beat	beat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | imperative | you *not said here* | a big drum |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Blew a loud horn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:t13:o2:1
# text = Blew a loud horn
1	Blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past |  | a loud horn |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Beat a big drum to call the whole town out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:t13:o3:1
# text = Beat a big drum to call the whole town out
1	Beat	beat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | imperative | you *not said here* | a big drum |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the whole town |  |  |  | out *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent town=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Sent for the guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1794-pg641-part45:t13:o4:1
# text = Sent for the guards
1	Sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for the guards | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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