--- title: why did the old man get so greedy, like, what was his deal? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the old man get so greedy, like, what was his deal? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 208 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: Noureddin flees to Bagdad, and an old doorkeeper is tempted into drinking wine in the Caliph's pavilion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/208-pg128-part48/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, Noureddin and the Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/208-pg128-part48/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N… why did the old man get so greedy, like, what was his deal? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** deal This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 208 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: Noureddin flees to Bagdad, and an old doorkeeper is tempted into drinking wine in the Caliph's pavilion» 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/208-pg128-part48/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t11:1 # text = why did the old man get so greedy, like, what was his deal? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 like like INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · do-support | the old man | | | | | greedy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | man's deal | | | | | 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} he was just old ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t11:o1:1 # text = he was just old 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was lonely and wanted company ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t11:o2:1 # text = he was lonely and wanted company 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | lonely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | he *not said here* | company | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot company=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} he was a poor man who needed the gold badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t11:o3:1 # text = he was a poor man who needed the gold badly 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | a poor man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **need** | past | a poor man | the gold | | | | badly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he was super avaricious, always wanting more money ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:208-pg128-part48:t11:o4:1 # text = he was super avaricious, always wanting more money 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 super super ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 avaricious avaricious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | avaricious, super *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | gerund | he *not said here* | more money | | | | always *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=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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