--- title: What did the old lady say the house was missing? — Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade,… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the old lady say the house was missing? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 228 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three foundlings grow up, and a pilgrim names three wonders the princess must have» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/228-pg128-part68/t10/) [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 Princess Parizade,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/228-pg128-part68/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three… What did the old lady say the house was missing? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old lady, house · **What happens:** say, miss · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 228 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three foundlings grow up, and a pilgrim names three wonders the princess must have» 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/228-pg128-part68/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:t10:1 # text = What did the old lady say the house was missing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 missing miss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the old lady | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **miss** | past · progressive | the house | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Something to eat, a bird, and a good well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:t10:o1:1 # text = Something to eat, a bird, and a good well 1 Something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Three things, the bird, the tree and the water, and a proper gate for the princess to pass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:t10:o2:1 # text = Three things, the bird, the tree and the water, and a proper gate for the princess to pass 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A roof, a stove, a bed and a lamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:t10:o3:1 # text = A roof, a stove, a bed and a lamp 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Three things, the bird, the tree and the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:228-pg128-part68:t10:o4:1 # text = Three things, the bird, the tree and the water 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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