--- title: Why was the mum heading to the bath, anyway? — Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why was the mum heading to the bath, anyway? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 206 «Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a slave for the king, and his son falls for her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/206-pg128-part46/t11/) [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 Fair Persian, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/206-pg128-part46/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a s… Why was the mum heading to the bath, anyway? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** head This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 206 «Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a slave for the king, and his son falls for her» 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/206-pg128-part46/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t11:1 # text = Why was the mum heading to the bath, anyway? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heading head VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **head** | past · progressive | the mum | | | | | to the bath; anyway *property* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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} To wash her hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t11:o1:1 # text = To wash her hair 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | to-infinitive | | her hair | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To get glammed up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t11:o2:1 # text = To get glammed up 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 glammed glamm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glamm up** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} To sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t11:o3:1 # text = To sleep 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sleep sleep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} To pray ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t11:o4:1 # text = To pray 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 pray pray VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | **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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