--- title: How did the barber bring the hunchback back? — Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchb… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the barber bring the hunchback back? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 196 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hungry brother eats an imaginary feast, and the barber revives the dead hunchback» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/196-pg128-part36/t14/) [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 Tale of the Hunchb…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/196-pg128-part36/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hung… How did the barber bring the hunchback back? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** barber · **What happens:** bring back · **To what, where:** hunchback This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 196 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hungry brother eats an imaginary feast, and the barber revives the dead hunchback» 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/196-pg128-part36/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t14:1 # text = How did the barber bring the hunchback back? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hunchback hunchback NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring back** | past · do-support | the barber | the hunchback | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hunchback=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} rubbed oil on his back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t14:o1:1 # text = rubbed oil on his back 1 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | participle | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} gave him wine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t14:o2:1 # text = gave him wine 1 gave give 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 iobj _ _ 3 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | | wine | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wine=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} poured cold water on him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t14:o3:1 # text = poured cold water on him 1 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pour** | past | | cold water | | | | on him *= he* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} rubbed balsam on his neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t14:o4:1 # text = rubbed balsam on his neck 1 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 balsam balsam NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | participle | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: 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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