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title: Did the dervish give him the box, or did he have to nick it? — Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Tr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the dervish give him the box, or did he have to nick it? Test 9 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the dervish give him the box, or did he have to nick it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** give, have, nick · **To what, where:** dervish, him, box

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t9:1
# text = Did the dervish give him the box, or did he have to nick it?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	nick	nick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present |  | the dervish | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient box=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **nick** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | box |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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 -->
He gave it over, but only after the narrator had begged and pulled at his robe for ages

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t9:o1:1
# text = He gave it over, but only after the narrator had begged and pulled at his robe for ages
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	begged	beg	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give over** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · perfect · passive |  | the narrator |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **pull** | participle |  |  |  |  | for ages | at his robe | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at robe=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He handed it over only after a long argument about the poor and their rights

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t9:o2:1
# text = He handed it over only after a long argument about the poor and their rights
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand over** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Destination argument=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He passed it over, quite calmly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t9:o3:1
# text = He passed it over, quite calmly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass over** | past | He | it |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He handed it over, nice and easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:215-pg128-part55:t9:o4:1
# text = He handed it over, nice and easy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand over** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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