--- title: What did Scheih Ibrahim propose to do with the purse, should it cont… — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair… · tree and pragmatics description: What did Scheih Ibrahim propose to do with the purse, should it contain gold? Exam question 2 of lesson 209 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: the Caliph disguised as a fisherman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/209-pg128-part49/e2/) [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/209-pg128-part49/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: t… What did Scheih Ibrahim propose to do with the purse, should it contain gold? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scheih, purse · **What happens:** propose, do, contain · **To what, where:** gold This is exam question 2 of lesson 209 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: the Caliph disguised as a fisherman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/209-pg128-part49/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e2:1 # text = What did Scheih Ibrahim propose to do with the purse, should it contain gold? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 Scheih Scheih PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Ibrahim Ibrahim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 contain contain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 15 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **propose** | past · do-support | Scheih | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Scheih *not said here* | | | | | with the purse | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **contain** | should | purse | gold | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme | 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} Share the coins equally with the poor fisher ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e2:o1:1 # text = Share the coins equally with the poor fisher 1 Share share VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 equally equally ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | the coins | | | | with the poor fisher; equally *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Take all of it and give the fisher copper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e2:o2:1 # text = Take all of it and give the fisher copper 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | all | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the fisher copper | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hand the fisher only one small silver piece ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e2:o3:1 # text = Hand the fisher only one small silver piece 1 Hand hand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hand** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fisher | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent fisher=Destination piece=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Give it back to the slave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:209-pg128-part49:e2:o4:1 # text = Give it back to the slave 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give back** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | the slave | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to slave=Recipient | **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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