--- title: How did the dog say thanks for the bread? — Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58:… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the dog say thanks for the bread? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 218 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coins and is freed by a magician's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/218-pg128-part58/t6/) [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, Sidi-Nouman, part 58:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/218-pg128-part58/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coi… How did the dog say thanks for the bread? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** thanks · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 218 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coins and is freed by a magician's daughter» 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/218-pg128-part58/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t6:1 # text = How did the dog say thanks for the bread? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the dog | thanks | | | | for the bread | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic | 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} He barked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t6:o1:1 # text = He barked 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | past | He | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Bowed head, wagged tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t6:o2:1 # text = Bowed head, wagged tail 1 Bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 wagged wag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | participle | | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wag** | past | Bowed head | tail | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tail up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t6:o3:1 # text = Tail up 1 Tail tail VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tail up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Dropped head, licked hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:218-pg128-part58:t6:o4:1 # text = Dropped head, licked hand 1 Dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 licked lick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | participle | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lick** | participle | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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