--- title: bruv, why did the merchants chuck meat down the cliffs? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: bruv, why did the merchants chuck meat down the cliffs? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 183 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escapes the diamond valley on an eagle's meat and sails home with the merchants.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/183-pg128-part23/t2/) [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, Sindbad the Sailor, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/183-pg128-part23/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escap… bruv, why did the merchants chuck meat down the cliffs? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** merchants · **What happens:** chuck · **To what, where:** meat This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 183 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escapes the diamond valley on an eagle's meat and sails home with the merchants.» 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/183-pg128-part23/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:t2:1 # text = bruv, why did the merchants chuck meat down the cliffs? 1 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 chuck chuck VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 down down ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | past · do-support | the merchants | meat | | | | down the cliffs | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | 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 {#o1} so the eagles would fight them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:t2:o1:1 # text = so the eagles would fight them 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | would | the eagles | them *= they* | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} to make the eagles fly down, grab the meat, and bring the diamonds back up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:t2:o2:1 # text = to make the eagles fly down, grab the meat, and bring the diamonds back up 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 up up ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **fly down** | present | the eagles | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **grab** | infinitive | the eagles *not said here* | the meat | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | the diamonds | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} to get the eagles to grab diamonds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:t2:o3:1 # text = to get the eagles to grab diamonds 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | | the eagles | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eagle=Stimulus | | 2 | **grab** | to-infinitive | | diamonds | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} to make the snakes come out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:183-pg128-part23:t2:o4:1 # text = to make the snakes come out 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come out** | present | the snakes | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | **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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