--- title: By what means did the bird convey the talisman away from the camp? — Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, p… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the bird convey the talisman away from the camp? Exam question 3 of lesson 202 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 42: a bird steals the talisman and Badoura takes her husband's place» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/202-pg128-part42/e3/) [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, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/202-pg128-part42/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 42: a bird steal… By what means did the bird convey the talisman away from the camp? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** mean, convey · **To what, where:** talisman This is exam question 3 of lesson 202 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 42: a bird steals the talisman and Badoura takes her husband's place» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/202-pg128-part42/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:202-pg128-part42:e3:1 # text = By what means did the bird convey the talisman away from the camp? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 convey convey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 talisman talisman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **convey** | past · do-support | the bird | the talisman | | | | away *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent talisman=Topic | 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} by swallowing the stone in flight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:202-pg128-part42:e3:o1:1 # text = by swallowing the stone in flight 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 swallowing swallow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | gerund | | the stone | | flight | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} by dropping it near the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:202-pg128-part42:e3:o2:1 # text = by dropping it near the water 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 dropping drop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | gerund | | it | | the water | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme near water=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} by taking the stone from the prince's hand while he slept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:202-pg128-part42:e3:o3:1 # text = by taking the stone from the prince's hand while he slept 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | | the stone | | the prince's hand | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent stone=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **sleep** | past | he | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} by flying over the camp at night and dropping the stone unseen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:202-pg128-part42:e3:o4:1 # text = by flying over the camp at night and dropping the stone unseen 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 dropping drop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 unseen unseen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | gerund | | | | the camp | night | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over camp=Location | | 2 | **drop** | gerund | | the stone | | | | unseen *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=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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