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title: Of what nature was the establishment into which the transformed narr… — Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what nature was the establishment into which the transformed narrator was obliged to retire? Exam question 3 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 dependen
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

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Of what nature was the establishment into which the transformed narrator was obliged to retire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, transform, oblige, retire · **To what, where:** establishment, transformed narrator

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e3:1
# text = Of what nature was the establishment into which the transformed narrator was obliged to retire?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	establishment	establishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	retire	retire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the establishment |  |  |  | of nature | tree rules |
| 2 | **transform** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **oblige** | past · passive |  | the transformed narrator |  | the establishment |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 4 | **retire** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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A cookshop wherein tongues and sheep's heads were offered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e3:o1:1
# text = A cookshop wherein tongues and sheep's heads were offered
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cookshop	cookshop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
4	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past · passive |  | tongues and sheep's heads |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A shop selling bread and dates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e3:o2:1
# text = A shop selling bread and dates
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund | a shop | bread and dates |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A tavern where wine was served

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e3:o3:1
# text = A tavern where wine was served
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past · passive |  | wine |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A large covered market where traders sold fish, grain, cloth, and spices to the townspeople

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:e3:o4:1
# text = A large covered market where traders sold fish, grain, cloth, and spices to the townspeople
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	townspeople	townspeople	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sell** | past | a large covered market | fish and grain and cloth | the townspeople |  |  | spices *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fish=Theme to townspeople=Recipient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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