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title: Yo, what did the Indian tell the doorkeeper, like, to get in? — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what did the Indian tell the doorkeeper, like, to get in? Test 11 · ★ 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 question and 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince f…

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Yo, what did the Indian tell the doorkeeper, like, to get in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, tell, get in · **To what, where:** doorkeeper · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t11:1
# text = Yo, what did the Indian tell the doorkeeper, like, to get in?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  | the doorkeeper |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doorkeeper=Recipient |
| 3 | **get in** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He came from the prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t11:o1:1
# text = He came from the prince
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | He |  |  |  |  | from the prince | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from prince=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was sent to fetch her back to the prince, honest, let me in

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t11:o2:1
# text = He was sent to fetch her back to the prince, honest, let me in
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch back** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | to the prince | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 3 | **let in** | infinitive | He *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was sent to fetch her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t11:o3:1
# text = He was sent to fetch her
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was sent by the prince to fetch her home right away, so let me in

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:t11:o4:1
# text = He was sent by the prince to fetch her home right away, so let me in
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
16	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive | the prince | He |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | her home |  |  |  | away *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |
| 3 | **let in** | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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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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