--- title: Wot did the lad do to his horse in the square? — Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Haro… · tree and pragmatics description: Wot did the lad do to his horse in the square? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 214 «Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, part 1: the Caliph is stopped by a blind beggar who begs to be struck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/214-pg128-part54/t5/) [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, The Adventures of Haro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/214-pg128-part54/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, part… Wot did the lad do to his horse in the square? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wot · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** square This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 214 «Arabian Nights, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, part 1: the Caliph is stopped by a blind beggar who begs to be struck» 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/214-pg128-part54/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:t5:1 # text = Wot did the lad do to his horse in the square? 1 Wot Wot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Wot | | | the square | | to lad's horse | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} fed it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:t5:o1:1 # text = fed it 1 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | | it | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} whipped it till it bled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:t5:o2:1 # text = whipped it till it bled 1 whipped whip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bled bleed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whip** | past | | it | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material | | 2 | **bleed** | past | it | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} kicked it till it fell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:t5:o3:1 # text = kicked it till it fell 1 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | past | | it | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **fall** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} beat it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:214-pg128-part54:t5:o4:1 # text = beat it 1 beat beat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | **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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