--- title: so basically the bird was on her side now? — Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the… · tree and pragmatics description: so basically the bird was on her side now? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 230 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water, part 70: Parizade wins the bird and the Golden Water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/230-pg128-part70/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, The Talking Bird, the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/230-pg128-part70/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the… so basically the bird was on her side now? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** side This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 230 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water, part 70: Parizade wins the bird and the Golden Water» 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/230-pg128-part70/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:t9:1 # text = so basically the bird was on her side now? 1 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 basically basically ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the bird | | | bird's side | now | basically *property* | tree rules | 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} nah, it flew straight home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:t9:o1:1 # text = nah, it flew straight home 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | it | | | | | home *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, it swore to serve her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, it swore to serve her 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | past | it | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, it was her pet snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:t9:o3:1 # text = yeah, it was her pet snake 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | her pet snake | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, it hated her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:230-pg128-part70:t9:o4:1 # text = nah, it hated her 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | it | her *= she* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | **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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