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title: wait, why did the caliph's dude keep yelling mu mu — Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did the caliph's dude keep yelling mu mu Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…

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wait, why did the caliph's dude keep yelling mu mu

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, do, keep, yell · **To what, where:** dude, mu mu

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» 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/1874-pg7277-part11/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t3:1
# text = wait, why did the caliph's dude keep yelling mu mu
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	caliph	caliph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	mu	mu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	mu	mu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the caliph's dude |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Eventuality |
| 3 | **keep** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund |  | mu mu |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mu=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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he was copying the owl's cry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t3:o1:1
# text = he was copying the owl's cry
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past · progressive | he | the owl's cry |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** |  | the owl |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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it was the stork's sound, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t3:o2:1
# text = it was the stork's sound, bro
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the stork's sound and bro |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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it's what the stork cried, dude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t3:o3:1
# text = it's what the stork cried, dude
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it |  |  |  |  | dude *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the stork |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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it's what the stork cried when the caliph turned him into a bird in the courtyard, dude

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t3:o4:1
# text = it's what the stork cried when the caliph turned him into a bird in the courtyard, dude
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	caliph	caliph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it |  |  |  |  | dude *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the stork |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **turn** | past | the caliph | stork |  |  |  | into a bird; in the courtyard | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient into bird=Recipient in courtyard=Topic |

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