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title: ngl Aladdin was dead calm with the princess that night, wasn't he? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl Aladdin was dead calm with the princess that night, wasn't he? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 211 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: the lamp brings the bride and groom to Aladdin's room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl Aladdin was dead calm with the princess that night, wasn't he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 211 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: the lamp brings the bride and groom to Aladdin's room» 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/211-pg128-part51/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t9:1
# text = ngl Aladdin was dead calm with the princess that night, wasn't he?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | ngl |  |  |  |  | with the princess  that night; calm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he lay down and slept like a log

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he lay down and slept like a log
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | past | he |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sleep** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a log | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was shaking the whole night and kept apologising to her, begging her not to tell the Sultan anything about it

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t9:o2:1
# text = Nah, he was shaking the whole night and kept apologising to her, begging her not to tell the Sultan anything about it
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	apologising	apologise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	19	obj	_	_
23	about	about	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  | night |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | gerund | he *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | he *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | anything |  |  |  | about it | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient about it=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he lay down and slept like a log, while she lay awake the whole night long without moving a muscle

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he lay down and slept like a log, while she lay awake the whole night long without moving a muscle
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
15	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
20	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
21	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | past | he |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sleep** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a log | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lie** | past | she |  |  |  | night | awake, long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **move** | gerund | she *not said here* | a muscle |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent muscle=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was scared and stayed awake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, he was scared and stayed awake
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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