--- title: Real talk, who came to save him in the end? — Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers,… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, who came to save him in the end? Test 8 · ★ 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 questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/195-pg128-part35/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar… Real talk, who came to save him in the end? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real talk · **What happens:** come, save · **To what, where:** him, end This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t8:1 # text = Real talk, who came to save him in the end? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Real talk | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | Real talk *not said here* | him *= he* | | | in the end | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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} the caliph, his friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t8:o1:1 # text = the caliph, his friend 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 caliph caliph NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the narrator, his bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t8:o2:1 # text = the narrator, his bro 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} a passing merchant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t8:o3:1 # text = a passing merchant 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 passing passing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the narrator and his whole family ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:t8:o4:1 # text = the narrator and his whole family 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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