--- title: be honest, what was Perviz doing while the girls were crying — Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, par… · tree and pragmatics description: be honest, what was Perviz doing while the girls were crying Test 9 · ★ of lesson 229 «Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman turns to black stone on the mountain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/229-pg128-part69/t9/) [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, Princess Parizade, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/229-pg128-part69/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman… be honest, what was Perviz doing while the girls were crying **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Perviz, girls · **What happens:** be, do, cry This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 229 «Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman turns to black stone on the mountain» 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/229-pg128-part69/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t9:1 # text = be honest, what was Perviz doing while the girls were crying 1 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Perviz Perviz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past · progressive | Perviz | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the girls | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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} not wasting time on sad things and getting ready to ride off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t9:o1:1 # text = not wasting time on sad things and getting ready to ride off 1 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 wasting waste VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **waste** | gerund | | | | | time | on sad things *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent on thing=Goal | | 2 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **ride off** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} trying to comfort the girls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t9:o2:1 # text = trying to comfort the girls 1 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 comfort comfort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **comfort** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the girls | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus girl=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} sitting quietly and thinking about how to climb the mountain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t9:o3:1 # text = sitting quietly and thinking about how to climb the mountain 1 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 about about SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **climb** | to-infinitive | | the mountain | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mountain=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} not wasting time on sad stuff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:229-pg128-part69:t9:o4:1 # text = not wasting time on sad stuff 1 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 wasting waste VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **waste** | gerund | | | | | time | on sad stuff *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent on stuff=Goal | **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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