--- title: Did the little slaves just hype it up and cry for no reason? — Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the little slaves just hype it up and cry for no reason? Test 12 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/206-pg128-part46/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a s… Did the little slaves just hype it up and cry for no reason? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little slaves · **What happens:** hype up, cry · **To what, where:** it This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t12:1 # text = Did the little slaves just hype it up and cry for no reason? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hype hype VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hype up** | present | the little slaves | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | the little slaves *not said here* | | | | | for no reason | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for reason=Recipient | 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} They fled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t12:o1:1 # text = They fled 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | They | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They shrieked and wept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t12:o2:1 # text = They shrieked and wept 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shrieked shriek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shriek** | past | They | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **weep** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They bowed and left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t12:o3:1 # text = They bowed and left 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | past | They | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **leave** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They laughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t12:o4:1 # text = They laughed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | They | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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