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title: Okay so the magician is literally shouting "new lamps for old" like… — Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay so the magician is literally shouting "new lamps for old" like a total muppet, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 212 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the princess into giving up the lamp, and the palace vanishes to Africa» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the…

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Okay so the magician is literally shouting "new lamps for old" like a total muppet, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** magician · **What happens:** shout · **To what, where:** new lamps

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 212 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the princess into giving up the lamp, and the palace vanishes to Africa» 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/212-pg128-part52/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t1:1
# text = Okay so the magician is literally shouting "new lamps for old" like a total muppet, right?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	muppet	muppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
19	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present · progressive | the magician | new lamps |  |  |  | for a old total muppet; literally *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for muppet=Recipient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He was trying to sell cheap lamps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t1:o1:1
# text = He was trying to sell cheap lamps
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	aux	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | cheap lamps |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was tricking people into swapping lamps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t1:o2:1
# text = He was tricking people into swapping lamps
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	aux	_	_
3	tricking	trick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	swapping	swap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past · progressive | He | people |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
| 2 | **swap** | gerund | He *not said here* | lamps |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He was tricking people into swapping the magic lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t1:o3:1
# text = He was tricking people into swapping the magic lamp
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	aux	_	_
3	tricking	trick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	swapping	swap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past · progressive | He | people |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
| 2 | **swap** | gerund | He *not said here* | the magic lamp |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was swapping lamps for coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:212-pg128-part52:t1:o4:1
# text = He was swapping lamps for coins
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	aux	_	_
3	swapping	swap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past · progressive | He | lamps |  |  |  | for coins | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme for coin=Co-Theme |

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