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title: On what occasion did the narrator's wife, Amina, depart from the dwe… — Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a D… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what occasion did the narrator's wife, Amina, depart from the dwelling by night? Exam question 1 of lesson 217 «Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secret midnight feast, a curse, and a dog in a cookshop» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

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On what occasion did the narrator's wife, Amina, depart from the dwelling by night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, depart · **To what, where:** wife, occasion, dwelling

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 217 «Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secret midnight feast, a curse, and a dog in a cookshop» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/217-pg128-part57/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e1:1
# text = On what occasion did the narrator's wife, Amina, depart from the dwelling by night?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Amina	Amina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	depart	depart	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the narrator's wife |  | occasion |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality |
| 2 | **depart** | present |  |  |  | the dwelling | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from dwelling=Initial\_Location |

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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 -->
When she went out to draw water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e1:o1:1
# text = When she went out to draw water
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | she |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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When she hurried to the graveyard with a lantern, having first prayed and bathed in the courtyard well

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e1:o2:1
# text = When she hurried to the graveyard with a lantern, having first prayed and bathed in the courtyard well
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	_
13	prayed	pray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	bathed	bath	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry** | past | she |  |  | the graveyard |  | with a lantern | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to graveyard=Destination |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pray** | participle | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **bath** | participle | she *not said here* |  |  | the courtyard |  | well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When she stole out secretly, with the ghoul awaiting her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e1:o3:1
# text = When she stole out secretly, with the ghoul awaiting her
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ghoul	ghoul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	awaiting	await	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal out** | past | she |  |  |  |  | with the ghoul; secretly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **await** | gerund | the ghoul *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When she visited her sister, in daylight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e1:o4:1
# text = When she visited her sister, in daylight
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | past | she | her sister and daylight |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Co-Agent |

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