--- title: Why did the black slave go all mental on him with a sword? — Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the black slave go all mental on him with a sword? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 194 «Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the gold, and the trap below the house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/194-pg128-part34/t4/) [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, Alnaschar, part 34: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/194-pg128-part34/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the… Why did the black slave go all mental on him with a sword? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** black slave · **What happens:** go This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 194 «Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the gold, and the trap below the house» 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/194-pg128-part34/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:194-pg128-part34:t4:1 # text = Why did the black slave go all mental on him with a sword? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the black slave | | | | | on him *= he*; with a sword; mental *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with sword=Beneficiary | 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} He thought he was a thief at the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:194-pg128-part34:t4:o1:1 # text = He thought he was a thief at the door 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | he | a thief | | the door | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He wanted to know what business he had there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:194-pg128-part34:t4:o2:1 # text = He wanted to know what business he had there 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 6 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **business** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | he | business *not said here* | | there | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} He thought he was a thief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:194-pg128-part34:t4:o3:1 # text = He thought he was a thief 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | he | a thief | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He caught him stealing from the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:194-pg128-part34:t4:o4:1 # text = He caught him stealing from the house 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 stealing steal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | He | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **steal** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | the house | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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