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title: Why did the storks fly off to Medina anyway? — Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the storks fly off to Medina anyway? Test 4 · ★ 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 4 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget…

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Why did the storks fly off to Medina anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** storks · **What happens:** fly off · **To what, where:** Medina

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t4:1
# text = Why did the storks fly off to Medina anyway?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Medina	Medina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past · do-support | the storks |  | Medina |  |  | anyway *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to medina=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To pray at the Prophet's grave and maybe unstick the spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t4:o1:1
# text = To pray at the Prophet's grave and maybe unstick the spell
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pray	pray	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	unstick	unstick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the Prophet's grave |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **unstick** | infinitive |  | the spell |  |  |  | maybe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To pray at the Prophet's grave and maybe unstick the spell, cos the Vizier was going mad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t4:o2:1
# text = To pray at the Prophet's grave and maybe unstick the spell, cos the Vizier was going mad
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pray	pray	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	unstick	unstick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
19	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the Prophet's grave |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **unstick** | infinitive |  | the spell |  |  |  | maybe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | past · progressive | the Vizier |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To visit the Caliph's old friend and beg help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t4:o3:1
# text = To visit the Caliph's old friend and beg help
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	beg	beg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | to-infinitive |  | the Caliph's old friend and beg |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To pray at the Prophet's grave and maybe unstick the spell before the Vizier gets too grumpy about it all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t4:o4:1
# text = To pray at the Prophet's grave and maybe unstick the spell before the Vizier gets too grumpy about it all
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pray	pray	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	unstick	unstick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
17	too	too	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	about	about	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	xcomp	_	_
21	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the Prophet's grave |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **unstick** | infinitive |  | the spell |  |  |  | maybe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | present | the Vizier |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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