--- title: Dude, what's the Caliph gonna do if Selim can't read the thing? — Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Cal… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, what's the Caliph gonna do if Selim can't read the thing? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1871-pg7277-part8/t11/) [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/) / [Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Cal…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1871-pg7277-part8/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a… Dude, what's the Caliph gonna do if Selim can't read the thing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude, Selim · **What happens:** be, do, not read · **To what, where:** Caliph, thing This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» 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/1871-pg7277-part8/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t11:1 # text = Dude, what's the Caliph gonna do if Selim can't read the thing? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 Selim selim PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Dude | the Caliph | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | Dude | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **read** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | Selim | the thing | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Give him strokes on his cheeks and feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t11:o1:1 # text = Give him strokes on his cheeks and feet 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 nsubj _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 strokes stroke VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | infinitive | | | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **stroke** | present | | | | | | on his cheeks and feet | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent on cheek=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Have him beaten with a rod in the yard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t11:o2:1 # text = Have him beaten with a rod in the yard 1 Have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **beat** | participle | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | with a rod in the yard | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with rod=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Send him away with no pay for a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t11:o3:1 # text = Send him away with no pay for a year 1 Send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 pay pay NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | year | with no pay; away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Throw him out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t11:o4:1 # text = Throw him out 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw out** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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