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title: ha, so Schacabac actually saw the boy, didn't he? — Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide F… · tree and pragmatics
description: ha, so Schacabac actually saw the boy, didn't he? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ha, so Schacabac actually saw the boy, didn't he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Schacabac · **What happens:** see, not do · **To what, where:** boy

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» 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/355-pg18442-part15/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t5:1
# text = ha, so Schacabac actually saw the boy, didn't he?
1	ha	ha	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	Schacabac	Schacabac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Schacabac | the boy |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **do** | past | Schacabac |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he saw the boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t5:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he saw the boy
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | he | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, there was no boy and no basin, it was all pretend, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t5:o2:1
# text = Nah, there was no boy and no basin, it was all pretend, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	basin	basin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	all	all	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	pretend	pretend	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | basin |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; all, pretend *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, no boy, no basin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t5:o3:1
# text = Nah, no boy, no basin
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	basin	basin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he saw the boy come in with a basin and a towel, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t5:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he saw the boy come in with a basin and a towel, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	basin	basin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | he | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come in** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with a basin and a towel and mate | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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