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title: so did the king reckon the foreigners got a free pass? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: so did the king reckon the foreigners got a free pass? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 186 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becomes rich on a strange island, then is buried alive with his dead wife and survives by killing newcomers.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becom…

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so did the king reckon the foreigners got a free pass?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, foreigners · **What happens:** reckon, get · **To what, where:** free pass

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 186 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becomes rich on a strange island, then is buried alive with his dead wife and survives by killing newcomers.» 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/186-pg128-part26/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t5:1
# text = so did the king reckon the foreigners got a free pass?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	foreigners	foreigner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pass	pass	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 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | the foreigners | a free pass |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pass=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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nah, they had to leave town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t5:o1:1
# text = nah, they had to leave town
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | town |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they could just go home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t5:o2:1
# text = yeah, they could just go home
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | could | they |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, if they wed there, same rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t5:o3:1
# text = nah, if they wed there, same rule
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wed	wed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wed** | present | they | same rule |  | there |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, if they wed there, they got buried alive with the wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:t5:o4:1
# text = nah, if they wed there, they got buried alive with the wife
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wed	wed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wed** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they |  |  | there |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **bury** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | with the wife; alive *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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