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title: Did the storks have a proper dinner or what? — Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the storks have a proper dinner or what? Test 3 · ★ 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 each opt
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# Test 3 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget…

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Did the storks have a proper dinner or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** storks · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** proper dinner

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t3:1
# text = Did the storks have a proper dinner or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the storks | a proper dinner |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient |

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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 -->
They had dates, cos bread was not allowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t3:o1:1
# text = They had dates, cos bread was not allowed
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | dates and cos |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **allow** | past · passive | dates and cos *not said here* | bread |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had fruit, cos frogs and lizards were gross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t3:o2:1
# text = They had fruit, cos frogs and lizards were gross
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	lizards	lizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | fruit and cos frogs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | lizards |  |  |  |  | gross *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They had fruit, cos frogs and lizards were gross, and the Vizier made them eat dry bread and nuts anyway

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t3:o3:1
# text = They had fruit, cos frogs and lizards were gross, and the Vizier made them eat dry bread and nuts anyway
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	lizards	lizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
22	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | fruit and cos frogs |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | lizards |  |  |  |  | gross *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | past | the Vizier | lizards *= lizard* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **eat** | infinitive | lizards *= lizard* *not said here* | dry bread and nuts |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had fruit, cos frogs and lizards were gross, and they were properly starving

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t3:o4:1
# text = They had fruit, cos frogs and lizards were gross, and they were properly starving
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	lizards	lizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | fruit and cos frogs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | lizards |  |  |  |  | gross *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **starve** | past · progressive | lizards *= lizard* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |

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