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title: What was the princess moaning about at the end? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Alad… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the princess moaning about at the end? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 213 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace flies home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the princess moaning about at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** be, moan

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 213 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace flies home» 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/213-pg128-part53/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t11:1
# text = What was the princess moaning about at the end?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	moaning	moan	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the princess |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **moan** | gerund | the princess *not said here* |  |  |  | at the end | about *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at end=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the palace was gone again today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t11:o1:1
# text = the palace was gone again today
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the palace |  |  |  | again; today | gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that the palace had been taken away again and no roc's egg hung anywhere in the hall of four-and-twenty windows

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t11:o2:1
# text = that the palace had been taken away again and no roc's egg hung anywhere in the hall of four-and-twenty windows
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	14	advmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take away** | past · perfect · passive |  | the palace |  |  | again | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **hang** | past | no roc's egg | twenty windows |  | the hall of four |  | anywhere *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no roc's egg hanging from the dome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t11:o3:1
# text = no roc's egg hanging from the dome
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dome	dome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund | no roc's egg *not said here* |  |  | the dome |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no roc's egg hanging from the dome, and the magician's brother had vanished without a trace

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t11:o4:1
# text = no roc's egg hanging from the dome, and the magician's brother had vanished without a trace
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
5	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dome	dome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
17	without	without	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	trace	trace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund | no roc's egg *not said here* |  |  | the dome |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **vanish** | past · perfect | no roc's egg |  |  |  |  | without a trace | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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