--- title: Which phrase shows that the king of Serendib refused Sindbad's riches? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which phrase shows that the king of Serendib refused Sindbad's riches? Exam question 1 of lesson 189 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad floats out of a dark underground river and is welcomed in Serendib» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/189-pg128-part29/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/189-pg128-part29/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad float… Which phrase shows that the king of Serendib refused Sindbad's riches? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phrase, king · **What happens:** show, refuse · **To what, where:** riches · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 189 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad floats out of a dark underground river and is welcomed in Serendib» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/189-pg128-part29/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:e1:1 # text = Which phrase shows that the king of Serendib refused Sindbad's riches? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Serendib Serendib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 Sindbad Sindbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | which phrase | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **refuse** | past | the king of Serendib | Sindbad's riches | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Theme | 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} "Take your riches back to Baghdad now" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:e1:o1:1 # text = "Take your riches back to Baghdad now" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Baghdad Baghdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | your riches | | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} "Keep your riches" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:e1:o2:1 # text = "Keep your riches" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | your riches | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} "Heaven forbid that I should covet your riches" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:e1:o3:1 # text = "Heaven forbid that I should covet your riches" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forbid forbid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 covet covet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** *in a quote* | infinitive | Heaven | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **covet** *in a quote* | should | I | your riches | | | | | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rich=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} "I will gladly accept all your great treasure" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:e1:o4:1 # text = "I will gladly accept all your great treasure" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** *in a quote* | future | I | your great treasure | | | | gladly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 2 | **treasure** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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