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title: was the town with stone houses cool or what? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the town with stone houses cool or what? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 188 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwits the Old Man, grows rich, then is stranded on a cliff island» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

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was the town with stone houses cool or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** town · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 188 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwits the Old Man, grows rich, then is stranded on a cliff island» 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/188-pg128-part28/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t5:1
# text = was the town with stone houses cool or what?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
7	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the town |  |  |  |  | with stone houses; cool *property* | 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 -->
yeah, the locals took him around and gave him food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t5:o1:1
# text = yeah, the locals took him around and gave him food
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	locals	local	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	around	around	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take around** | past | the locals |  | him *= he* |  |  | around *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | past | the locals *not said here* | food | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lowkey yeah, the merchant took him to the stone houses and gave him gold and a fine feast every night

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t5:o2:1
# text = lowkey yeah, the merchant took him to the stone houses and gave him gold and a fine feast every night
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | lowkey | merchant |  | the stone houses |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to house=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | past | lowkey *not said here* | gold and a fine feast | merchant |  | night |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the stone houses were falling apart and the merchant made him leave the town right away

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t5:o3:1
# text = nah, the stone houses were falling apart and the merchant made him leave the town right away
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	right	right	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall apart** | past · progressive | the stone houses |  |  |  |  | apart, away *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | past | the merchant | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the town |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lowkey yeah, the merchant took him there and treated him well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t5:o4:1
# text = lowkey yeah, the merchant took him there and treated him well
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	treated	treat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | lowkey |  | merchant | there |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
| 2 | **treat** | past | lowkey *not said here* |  | merchant |  |  | well *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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