--- title: What did the Caliph say to the barber after his story? — Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchb… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the Caliph say to the barber after his story? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/196-pg128-part36/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hung… What did the Caliph say to the barber after his story? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Caliph · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** barber · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t9:1 # text = What did the Caliph say to the barber after his story? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do 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 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Caliph | | the barber after Caliph's story | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to barber=Recipient | 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} Truly your tale has been the best I have heard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t9:o1:1 # text = Truly your tale has been the best I have heard 1 Truly truly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · perfect | your tale | | | | | good, truly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **tell** | | your | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} You were not silent, barber ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t9:o2:1 # text = You were not silent, barber 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | You | | | | | silent *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Well were you called the Silent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t9:o3:1 # text = Well were you called the Silent 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Silent Silent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past · passive | | you | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Well, you were not called the Silent for nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:t9:o4:1 # text = Well, you were not called the Silent for nothing 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Silent Silent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **call** | past · passive | | you | | | | for nothing | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for nothing=Beneficiary | **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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