---
title: Where did he hide, lol? — Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did he hide, lol? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/217-pg128-part57/t8/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a D…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/217-pg128-part57/) / t8

# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Where did he hide, lol?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** hide

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t8:1
# text = Where did he hide, lol?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
In a cookshop with tongues and sheep's heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t8:o1:1
# text = In a cookshop with tongues and sheep's heads
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cookshop	cookshop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Under the minaret of the mosque, where the muezzin kept the dogs fed with bread and bones

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t8:o2:1
# text = Under the minaret of the mosque, where the muezzin kept the dogs fed with bread and bones
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	minaret	minaret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mosque	mosque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	muezzin	muezzin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the muezzin | the dogs and bones |  | the minaret of the mosque |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dog=Theme under minaret=Location |
| 2 | **feed** | participle |  | the dogs and bones *not said here* |  |  |  | with bread | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Behind a stall selling olives and sweet figs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t8:o3:1
# text = Behind a stall selling olives and sweet figs
1	Behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stall	stall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	figs	fig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund | a stall *not said here* | olives and sweet figs |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olive=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the courtyard of a blacksmith who kept a hot forge and fed his dogs on scraps every morning

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:217-pg128-part57:t8:o4:1
# text = In the courtyard of a blacksmith who kept a hot forge and fed his dogs on scraps every morning
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	blacksmith	blacksmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	forge	forge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	scraps	scrap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past |  | a hot forge |  | the courtyard of a blacksmith | morning |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent forge=Theme in courtyard=Location |
| 2 | **feed** | past |  |  | his dogs | scraps |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a D…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/217-pg128-part57/t7/)
- next →: [Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a D…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/217-pg128-part57/t9/)
- ↑ back to [Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secret midnight feast, a curse, and a dog in a cookshop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/217-pg128-part57/)