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title: why did he get so rich from the pearls and pepper, bro? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did he get so rich from the pearls and pepper, bro? Test 8 · ★ 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 que
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# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

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why did he get so rich from the pearls and pepper, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** get

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t8:1
# text = why did he get so rich from the pearls and pepper, bro?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause his divers were super lucky and he traded smart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t8:o1:1
# text = cause his divers were super lucky and he traded smart
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	super	super	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	traded	trade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | his cause divers |  |  |  |  | lucky, super *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **trade** | past | he |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the king gave him a share of the pepper and the pearls every year for life

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t8:o2:1
# text = cause the king gave him a share of the pepper and the pearls every year for life
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **give** | past | the cause king | a share of the pepper and the pearls | him *= he* |  | year | for life | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient share=Theme for life=Asset |
| 3 | **share** |  |  | the pepper and the pearls |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause his divers found huge pearls on every dive and he sold the pepper at a high price in every port

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t8:o3:1
# text = cause his divers found huge pearls on every dive and he sold the pepper at a high price in every port
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	dive	dive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **find** | past | his cause divers | huge pearls |  | every dive |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Topic |
| 3 | **sell** | past | he | the pepper |  | a high price |  | in every port | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent pepper=Theme at price=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the pearls were just easy to find

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t8:o4:1
# text = cause the pearls were just easy to find
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | the pearls |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | the pearls *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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