--- title: Did the prince just fancy the idea of a wife he'd never even met? — Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman an… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the prince just fancy the idea of a wife he'd never even met? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 197 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura, part 37: the prince refuses to marry and is locked in a tower» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/197-pg128-part37/t5/) [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, Prince Camaralzaman an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/197-pg128-part37/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badou… Did the prince just fancy the idea of a wife he'd never even met? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** fancy, not meet · **To what, where:** idea, wife This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 197 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura, part 37: the prince refuses to marry and is locked in a tower» 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/197-pg128-part37/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:197-pg128-part37:t5:1 # text = Did the prince just fancy the idea of a wife he'd never even met? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fancy fancy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 even even ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fancy** | past · do-support | | the idea of a wife | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **meet** | past · perfect | he | a wife *not said here* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Co-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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yeah, he was dead keen and wanted to meet her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:197-pg128-part37:t5:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he was dead keen and wanted to meet her 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 keen keen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | dead keen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, not really ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:197-pg128-part37:t5:o2:1 # text = Nah, not really 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he was well keen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:197-pg128-part37:t5:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he was well keen 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 keen keen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | keen, well *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nah, he was dead against it, didn't fancy it at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:197-pg128-part37:t5:o4:1 # text = Nah, he was dead against it, didn't fancy it at all 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 fancy fancy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | against it; dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **fancy** | past · do-support | | it | | all | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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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