--- title: Why'd he climb that tree, innit? — Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of S… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd he climb that tree, innit? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 182 «Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, part 22: Sindbad is stranded and finds a giant white egg» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/182-pg128-part22/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of S…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/182-pg128-part22/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p… Why'd he climb that tree, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** climb, innit · **To what, where:** tree This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 182 «Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, part 22: Sindbad is stranded and finds a giant white egg» 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/182-pg128-part22/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:t5:1 # text = Why'd he climb that tree, innit? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | would | he | that tree | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} To find food and shelter for the night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:t5:o1:1 # text = To find food and shelter for the night 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | to-infinitive | | food and shelter | | | night | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To spot a way out and see the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:t5:o2:1 # text = To spot a way out and see the sea 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 spot spot VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spot out** | to-infinitive | | a way | | | | out *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Destination | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | | the sea | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} To get a better view of the island ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:t5:o3:1 # text = To get a better view of the island 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | | a better view of the island | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus | | 2 | **view** | | | the island | | | | | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He wanted to hunt a roc and bring its feathers back to the market in Bagdad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:182-pg128-part22:t5:o4:1 # text = He wanted to hunt a roc and bring its feathers back to the market in Bagdad 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 roc roc NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Bagdad Bagdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hunt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a roc | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roc=Theme | | 3 | **bring back** | infinitive | He *not said here* | roc's feathers | | the market in Bagdad | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent feather=Theme to market=Destination | **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. 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