--- title: What did the maids reckon about the prince, honestly? — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Encha… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the maids reckon about the prince, honestly? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 223 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63: the prince tells his flight and dines with the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/223-pg128-part63/t4/) [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 Story of the Encha…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/223-pg128-part63/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63:… What did the maids reckon about the prince, honestly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maids · **What happens:** do, reckon This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 223 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63: the prince tells his flight and dines with the princess» 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/223-pg128-part63/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:t4:1 # text = What did the maids reckon about the prince, honestly? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | honestly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reckon** | present | the maids | | | | | about the prince | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} He's a laugh, she should wed him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:t4:o1:1 # text = He's a laugh, she should wed him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | a laugh | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wed** | should | she | him *= he* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He's mint, she should wed him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:t4:o2:1 # text = He's mint, she should wed him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 mint mint NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | mint | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wed** | should | she | him *= he* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} He's fit, she should marry him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:t4:o3:1 # text = He's fit, she should marry him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | fit *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** | should | she | him *= he* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He's rubbish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:t4:o4:1 # text = He's rubbish 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | rubbish | | | | | tree rules | **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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