--- title: how long was he walking in the forest, like forever? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: how long was he walking in the forest, like forever? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 185 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escapes the snake, is rescued, gets his goods back, and meets cruel islanders» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/185-pg128-part25/t12/) [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/185-pg128-part25/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escap… how long was he walking in the forest, like forever? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** walk · **To what, where:** forest This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 185 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escapes the snake, is rescued, gets his goods back, and meets cruel islanders» 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/185-pg128-part25/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t12:1 # text = how long was he walking in the forest, like forever? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 forever forever ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | he | | | the forest | | forever, long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Trajectory | 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} a day, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t12:o1:1 # text = a day, mate 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} seven days, no lie ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t12:o2:1 # text = seven days, no lie 1 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} more like a whole month of walking, no lie ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t12:o3:1 # text = more like a whole month of walking, no lie 1 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 walking walking NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} five days, honest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:185-pg128-part25:t12:o4:1 # text = five days, honest 1 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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