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title: What's that giant snake skin meant to do for sleepers, bro? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's that giant snake skin meant to do for sleepers, bro? Test 11 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the
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# Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad float…

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What's that giant snake skin meant to do for sleepers, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, mean, do · **To what, where:** giant snake skin

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t11:1
# text = What's that giant snake skin meant to do for sleepers, bro?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | giant snake skin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | participle |  | giant snake skin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for sleepers and bro | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Keeps them from getting sick and makes their dreams sweet all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t11:o1:1
# text = Keeps them from getting sick and makes their dreams sweet all night
1	Keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **make** | present |  | their dreams |  |  | night | sweet *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dream=Product |
| 4 | **dream** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Makes the sleepers strong, healthy, and safe from the spirits of the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t11:o2:1
# text = Makes the sleepers strong, healthy, and safe from the spirits of the sea
1	Makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | the sleepers |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sleeper=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Protects sleepers from harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t11:o3:1
# text = Protects sleepers from harm
1	Protects	protects	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keeps them from getting sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:189-pg128-part29:t11:o4:1
# text = Keeps them from getting sick
1	Keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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