--- title: Mate, what did the robbers do to him? — Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers,… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what did the robbers do to him? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 195 «Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar takes revenge, then is robbed and banished; Schacabac meets a Barmecide» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/195-pg128-part35/t7/) [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, The Barber's Brothers,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/195-pg128-part35/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar… Mate, what did the robbers do to him? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate, robbers · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Mate This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 195 «Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar takes revenge, then is robbed and banished; Schacabac meets a Barmecide» 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/195-pg128-part35/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t7:1 # text = Mate, what did the robbers do to him? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Mate | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the robbers | | Mate | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} stripped him, beat him, left him naked in the sand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t7:o1:1 # text = stripped him, beat him, left him naked in the sand 1 stripped strip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strip** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **beat** | infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past | | him *= he* | | the sand | | naked *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sand=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} took it all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t7:o2:1 # text = took it all 1 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | | it | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} beat him up badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t7:o3:1 # text = beat him up badly 1 beat beat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat up** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | badly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} stripped him, left him naked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t7:o4:1 # text = stripped him, left him naked 1 stripped strip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strip** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | past | | him *= he* | | | | naked *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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