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title: Lowkey, what was Alnaschar doing by his basket? — Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, what was Alnaschar doing by his basket? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 193 «Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confesses, the Sultan summons everyone, and Alnaschar dreams of riches» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confess…

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Lowkey, what was Alnaschar doing by his basket?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** do

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 193 «Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confesses, the Sultan summons everyone, and Alnaschar dreams of riches» 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/193-pg128-part33/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t3:1
# text = Lowkey, what was Alnaschar doing by his basket?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Alnaschar	Alnaschar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Lowkey |  |  |  |  | by Alnaschar's basket | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Talking out loud to himself about his dreams of wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t3:o1:1
# text = Talking out loud to himself about his dreams of wealth
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk out** | gerund |  |  | himself *= he* |  |  | about his dreams of wealth; loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to himself=Co-Agent about dream=Topic |
| 2 | **dream** |  | his *= he* | wealth |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shouting insults at the tailor while the crowd gathered around his basket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t3:o2:1
# text = Shouting insults at the tailor while the crowd gathered around his basket
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	insults	insult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	around	around	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  | insults |  |  |  | at the tailor | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insult=Topic |
| 2 | **gather** | past | the crowd |  |  | crowd's basket |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Arguing with a passing dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t3:o3:1
# text = Arguing with a passing dog
1	Arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a passing dog | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with dog=Co-Agent |

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

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Talking out loud to himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:t3:o4:1
# text = Talking out loud to himself
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk out** | gerund |  |  | himself *= he* |  |  | loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to himself=Co-Agent |

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