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title: Wait, what's the captain's big plan on the second trip? — Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what's the captain's big plan on the second trip? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 204 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the olives hide the gold and the talisman, and the prince is carried off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the oli…

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Wait, what's the captain's big plan on the second trip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** big plan, second trip

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 204 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the olives hide the gold and the talisman, and the prince is carried off» 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/204-pg128-part44/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:t9:1
# text = Wait, what's the captain's big plan on the second trip?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the captain's big plan |  | the second trip |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Take the prince back by force, since the princess has ordered him brought to her

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:t9:o1:1
# text = Take the prince back by force, since the princess has ordered him brought to her
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take back** | infinitive |  |  | the prince |  |  | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument prince=Destination |
| 2 | **order** | present · perfect · passive |  | the princess | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Theme |
| 3 | **bring** | past |  |  | princess |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait for the princess to call

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:t9:o2:1
# text = Wait for the princess to call
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the princess | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Get the prince back by force

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:t9:o3:1
# text = Get the prince back by force
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prince |  |  |  | by force | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Get the prince back by force, using all the sailors and weapons he can gather from the harbour

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:204-pg128-part44:t9:o4:1
# text = Get the prince back by force, using all the sailors and weapons he can gather from the harbour
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	gather	gather	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prince |  |  |  | by force | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | you *not said here* | all sailors and weapons |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient |
| 3 | **gather** | can | he |  |  | the harbour |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from harbour=Source |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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