--- title: Lol, why did Schacabac smack the Barmecide? — Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchb… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, why did Schacabac smack the Barmecide? Test 3 · ★ 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 the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/196-pg128-part36/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hung… Lol, why did Schacabac smack the Barmecide? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Schacabac · **What happens:** smack · **To what, where:** Barmecide This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t3:1 # text = Lol, why did Schacabac smack the Barmecide? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Schacabac Schacabac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 smack smack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Barmecide barmecide NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smack** | past · do-support | Schacabac | the Barmecide | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barmecide=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} he said the wine got him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t3:o1:1 # text = he said the wine got him 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | past | the wine | him *= he* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was drunk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t3:o2:1 # text = he was drunk 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} he said the food was cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t3:o3:1 # text = he said the food was cold 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the food | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he claimed he was insulted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t3:o4:1 # text = he claimed he was insulted 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 claimed claim 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 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 insulted insult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **insult** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | **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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