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title: Bruv, how did Sindbad stop himself getting squished in that dark tun… — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, how did Sindbad stop himself getting squished in that dark tunnel? Test 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 pragm
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# Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad float…

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Bruv, how did Sindbad stop himself getting squished in that dark tunnel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sindbad · **What happens:** stop, get, squish · **To what, where:** Sindbad, dark tunnel

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This is test 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t1:1
# text = Bruv, how did Sindbad stop himself getting squished in that dark tunnel?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
9	squished	squish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
12	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past · do-support | Sindbad | Sindbad |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | Sindbad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **squish** | participle | Sindbad *not said here* |  |  | that dark tunnel |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in tunnel=Trajectory |

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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}

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He lay flat on his bales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t1:o1:1
# text = He lay flat on his bales
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bales	bale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | He |  |  | his bales |  | flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bale=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He held onto the rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t1:o2:1
# text = He held onto the rope
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | He |  |  | the rope |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He hid below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t1:o3:1
# text = He hid below
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	below	below	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He |  |  |  |  | below *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He ducked down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t1:o4:1
# text = He ducked down
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ducked	duck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **duck down** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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