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title: Was the crowd proper mad, climbing the walls and that? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Alad… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the crowd proper mad, climbing the walls and that? Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

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Was the crowd proper mad, climbing the walls and that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, climb · **To what, where:** crowd, walls

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t2:1
# text = Was the crowd proper mad, climbing the walls and that?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	csubj	_	_
4	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the crowd |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **climb** | gerund |  | the walls |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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nah, they were rioting in the streets and burning every shop in the market square

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t2:o1:1
# text = nah, they were rioting in the streets and burning every shop in the market square
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	rioting	riot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **riot** | past · progressive | they |  |  | the streets |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund | they *not said here* | every shop |  | the market square |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shop=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they were cheering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t2:o2:1
# text = yeah, they were cheering
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cheering	cheer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they were sitting quietly in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t2:o3:1
# text = nah, they were sitting quietly in the square
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | they |  |  | the square |  | quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they were scaling the walls to save him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:t2:o4:1
# text = yeah, they were scaling the walls to save him
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	scaling	scale	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scale** | past · progressive | they | the walls |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Source |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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