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title: Sultan was gutted about his wife, so what did he do? — Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sultan was gutted about his wife, so what did he do? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 233 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water: the Sultan meets his children and his wife comes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the…

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Sultan was gutted about his wife, so what did he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sultan · **What happens:** gut, do · **To what, where:** Sultan

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 233 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water: the Sultan meets his children and his wife comes home» 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/233-pg128-part73/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:t5:1
# text = Sultan was gutted about his wife, so what did he do?
1	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | Sultan |  |  |  | about Sultan's wife | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 {#o1}

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walked to the mosque

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:t5:o1:1
# text = walked to the mosque
1	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mosque	mosque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the mosque *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mosque=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dragged her out of prison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:t5:o2:1
# text = dragged her out of prison
1	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past |  | her *= she* |  | prison |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out prison=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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dragged her out of the narrow prison with his own hand and wept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:t5:o3:1
# text = dragged her out of the narrow prison with his own hand and wept
1	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past |  | her *= she* |  | the narrow prison with his own hand |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out prison=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **weep** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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went on foot to the great mosque and dragged her out of prison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:t5:o4:1
# text = went on foot to the great mosque and dragged her out of prison
1	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mosque	mosque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  | foot |  | to the great mosque | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mosque=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **drag** | past |  | her *= she* |  | prison |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out prison=Initial\_Location |

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