--- title: Real talk, what did the Persian say she'd be stoked about? — Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, what did the Persian say she'd be stoked about? Test 9 · ★ 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 ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/206-pg128-part46/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a s… Real talk, what did the Persian say she'd be stoked about? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Persian · **What happens:** say, stoke · **To what, where:** Real talk, Persian · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t9:1 # text = Real talk, what did the Persian say she'd be stoked about? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 stoked stoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ _ 13 about about ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Persian | Real talk | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stoke** | would · passive | | Persian | | | | about *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} Being sold again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t9:o1:1 # text = Being sold again 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | gerund · passive | | | | | again | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient» | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cooking for the whole house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t9:o2:1 # text = Cooking for the whole house 1 Cooking cook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | gerund | | | | | | for the whole house | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for house=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Being given to Noureddin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t9:o3:1 # text = Being given to Noureddin 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Noureddin Noureddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund · passive | | | Noureddin | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to noureddin=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Being sent to the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t9:o4:1 # text = Being sent to the king 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | gerund · passive | | | the king | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to king=Destination | **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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