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title: was the princess actually mad or was she just acting the mad one? — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the princess actually mad or was she just acting the mad one? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 225 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian is killed and the princess pretends to be mad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian i…

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was the princess actually mad or was she just acting the mad one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** be, act · **To what, where:** princess, mad one

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 225 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian is killed and the princess pretends to be mad» 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/225-pg128-part65/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t5:1
# text = was the princess actually mad or was she just acting the mad one?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	csubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** | past · progressive | princess | the mad one |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |

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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}

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she was genuinely mad at first then pretended once the doctors came in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t5:o1:1
# text = she was genuinely mad at first then pretended once the doctors came in
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	genuinely	genuinely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	obl	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | genuinely, mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pretend** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come in** | past | the doctors |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was faking it, fam, to avoid marrying him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t5:o2:1
# text = she was faking it, fam, to avoid marrying him
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	_	_
3	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	marrying	marry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | past · progressive | she | it |  |  |  | fam *obl* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **marry** | gerund | she *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was faking it, fam, cos she wouldn't break faith with the Persian prince

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t5:o3:1
# text = she was faking it, fam, cos she wouldn't break faith with the Persian prince
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	_	_
3	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
13	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Persian	persian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | past · progressive | she | it |  |  |  | fam *obl* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **break** | would | she | faith |  |  |  | with the Persian prince | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent faith=Patient with prince=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was faking it to get out of stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t5:o4:1
# text = she was faking it to get out of stuff
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	_	_
3	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | past · progressive | she | it |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **get out** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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