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title: Did the dervish actually grumble about giving him loads? — Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Tr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the dervish actually grumble about giving him loads? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 215 «Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the greedy narrator takes more camels and begs for the magic ointment» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the dervish actually grumble about giving him loads?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, grumble, give · **To what, where:** dervish, loads, him

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 215 «Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the greedy narrator takes more camels and begs for the magic ointment» 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/215-pg128-part55/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t5:1
# text = Did the dervish actually grumble about giving him loads?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	grumble	grumble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the dervish |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dervish=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | gerund |  | loads | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient load=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he just went along with it, dead chill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t5:o1:1
# text = Nah, he just went along with it, dead chill
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	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	along	along	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go along** | past | he | dead chill |  |  |  | with it; along *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he grumbled and sulked all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t5:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he grumbled and sulked all day
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	grumbled	grumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sulked	sulk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sulk** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was proper grumpy about it and went on about the poor for ages after

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t5:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was proper grumpy about it and went on about the poor for ages after
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
17	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | about it; grumpy, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go on** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | for ages | about the poor | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about poor=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he refused and kicked up a fuss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t5:o4:1
# text = Nah, he refused and kicked up a fuss
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fuss	fuss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **kick up** | past | he *not said here* | a fuss |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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