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title: lol the dervish ditched him, so how did the dude get cash after? — Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the dervish ditched him, so how did the dude get cash after? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 216 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse ends, and the Caliph questions the cruel young man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse…

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lol the dervish ditched him, so how did the dude get cash after?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dervish · **What happens:** ditch, do, get after · **To what, where:** him, dude, cash

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 216 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse ends, and the Caliph questions the cruel young man» 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/216-pg128-part56/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t2:1
# text = lol the dervish ditched him, so how did the dude get cash after?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ditched	ditch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
13	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ditch** | past | the dervish | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the dude |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get after** | present | the dervish *not said here* | cash |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cash=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}

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he was rescued by merchants who took him back to Bagdad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t2:o1:1
# text = he was rescued by merchants who took him back to Bagdad
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	rescued	rescue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Bagdad	Bagdad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** | past · passive | merchants | he |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **take back** | past | merchants | him *= he* | Bagdad |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bagdad=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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he went to the Caliph's court and asked the guards for coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t2:o2:1
# text = he went to the Caliph's court and asked the guards for coins
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  | the Caliph's court |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he *not said here* | the guards |  |  |  | for coins | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a merchant gave him gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t2:o3:1
# text = a merchant gave him gold
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | a merchant | gold | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
begged for coins off people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:t2:o4:1
# text = begged for coins off people
1	begged	beg	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for coins | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for coin=Topic |

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