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title: Yo, so the prince needed posh attendants before meeting the King, ri… — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, so the prince needed posh attendants before meeting the King, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 224 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince flies home, and the angry Indian plots revenge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince f…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, so the prince needed posh attendants before meeting the King, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** need, meet · **To what, where:** posh attendants, King

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 224 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince flies home, and the angry Indian plots revenge» 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/224-pg128-part64/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t1:1
# text = Yo, so the prince needed posh attendants before meeting the King, right?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	meeting	meet	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | the prince | posh attendants |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot attendant=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | the King |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah bro, loads of posh servants and gold stuff to impress the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah bro, loads of posh servants and gold stuff to impress the king
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	impress	impress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impress** | to-infinitive |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, ones fitting his rank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, ones fitting his rank
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	fitting	fit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | gerund | ones *not said here* | his rank |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, ones fitting his rank, like the king's own posh lot, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, ones fitting his rank, like the king's own posh lot, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	fitting	fit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | gerund | ones *not said here* | his rank |  |  |  | like the king's own posh lot | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Patient |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, proper ones for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, proper ones for him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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