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title: Yo, why was the Vizier looking all gutted and worried? — Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Cal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, why was the Vizier looking all gutted and worried? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragmatics o
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# Test 7 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

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Yo, why was the Vizier looking all gutted and worried?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Vizier · **What happens:** look, gut, worry

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t7:1
# text = Yo, why was the Vizier looking all gutted and worried?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	worried	worry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · progressive | the Vizier |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **gut** | participle | the Vizier *not said here* |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **worry** | participle | the Vizier *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He wanted the shiny stuff but had no cash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t7:o1:1
# text = He wanted the shiny stuff but had no cash
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | the shiny stuff |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | He *not said here* | no cash |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted the shiny stuff from the box but his purse was empty and his wife was angry

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t7:o2:1
# text = He wanted the shiny stuff from the box but his purse was empty and his wife was angry
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | the shiny stuff |  | the box |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | his purse |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | his wife |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted gold but his purse was empty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t7:o3:1
# text = He wanted gold but his purse was empty
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	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | gold |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | his purse |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted all the shiny stuff in the box but he had no cash to pay for it

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t7:o4:1
# text = He wanted all the shiny stuff in the box but he had no cash to pay for it
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	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | all shiny stuff |  | the box |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | he | no cash |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** | to-infinitive | no cash *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for cash | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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