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title: Okay so the Caliph and Mansor are storks now, yeah? — Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay so the Caliph and Mansor are storks now, yeah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 1 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget…

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Okay so the Caliph and Mansor are storks now, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Caliph · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» 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/1872-pg7277-part9/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t1:1
# text = Okay so the Caliph and Mansor are storks now, yeah?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Mansor	Mansor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Caliph and Mansor |  |  |  |  | so storks | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they're storks and the Vizier is fine with it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, they're storks and the Vizier is fine with it all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | storks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Vizier | storks *not said here* |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they're storks now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they're storks now
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | storks |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, and they can't remember the magic word, proper stuck, and the Vizier is moaning about it all day long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, and they can't remember the magic word, proper stuck, and the Vizier is moaning about it all day long
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	moaning	moan	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
20	about	about	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
24	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **remember** | can | they | the magic word |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **moan** | present · progressive | the Vizier |  |  |  | day | about word; long *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yeah, and they can't remember the magic word, proper stuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, and they can't remember the magic word, proper stuck
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **remember** | can | they | the magic word |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent word=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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