--- title: Why was Saouy salty at Khacan? — Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badou… · tree and pragmatics description: Why was Saouy salty at Khacan? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 205 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess reveals herself, and the prince is made king and married» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/205-pg128-part45/t8/) [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, Camaralzaman and Badou…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/205-pg128-part45/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess rev… Why was Saouy salty at Khacan? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Saouy salty · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 205 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess reveals herself, and the prince is made king and married» 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/205-pg128-part45/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t8:1 # text = Why was Saouy salty at Khacan? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 salty salty NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Khacan Khacan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Saouy salty at Khacan | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | 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} Khacan got all the honour Saouy wanted for himself at court and more ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t8:o1:1 # text = Khacan got all the honour Saouy wanted for himself at court and more 1 Khacan Khacan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 Saouy Saouy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Khacan | all honour | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer honour=Stimulus | | 2 | **want** | past | Saouy | | | court | | for Saouy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 {#o2} Khacan got the honour he wanted and the king's full trust ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t8:o2:1 # text = Khacan got the honour he wanted and the king's full trust 1 Khacan Khacan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get 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 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Khacan | the honour | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer honour=Stimulus | | 2 | **want** | past | Khacan | the honour *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot honour=Theme | | 3 | **trust** | | the king | | | | | | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Khacan won the king's trust first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t8:o3:1 # text = Khacan won the king's trust first 1 Khacan Khacan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win 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 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | Khacan | the king's trust | | | | first *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Eventuality | | 2 | **trust** | | the king | | | | | | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Khacan got the honour he wanted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:205-pg128-part45:t8:o4:1 # text = Khacan got the honour he wanted 1 Khacan Khacan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get 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 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Khacan | the honour | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer honour=Stimulus | | 2 | **want** | past | Khacan | the honour *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot honour=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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