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title: what's your fave bit of the whole story then? — Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's your fave bit of the whole story then? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 707 «Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wife's death and tricks the Sultan out of gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 12 · ★ · Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif…

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what's your fave bit of the whole story then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fave bit · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 707 «Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wife's death and tricks the Sultan out of gold» 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/707-pg2435-part47/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t12:1
# text = what's your fave bit of the whole story then?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fave	fave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | your fave bit of the whole story |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

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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}

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when Abu Nowas sits up and grabs the gold, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t12:o1:1
# text = when Abu Nowas sits up and grabs the gold, lol
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	Abu	Abu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit up** | present | Abu |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grab** | present | Abu *not said here* | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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when the Sultan says the corpses are quite stiff and then sends the porter off to check, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t12:o2:1
# text = when the Sultan says the corpses are quite stiff and then sends the porter off to check, lol
1	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	corpses	corpse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	porter	porter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the corpses |  |  |  |  | stiff *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **send off** | present | the corpses *not said here* | the porter |  |  | then |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porter=Theme |
| 4 | **check** | to-infinitive | the corpses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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when the Sultan says the corpses are quite stiff, and then Abu Nowas sits up and nicks the gold, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t12:o3:1
# text = when the Sultan says the corpses are quite stiff, and then Abu Nowas sits up and nicks the gold, lol
1	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	corpses	corpse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
13	Abu	Abu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
15	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	nicks	nick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the corpses |  |  |  |  | stiff *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sit up** | present | Abu |  |  |  | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **nick** | present | Abu *not said here* | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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when the Sultan says the corpses are quite stiff, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t12:o4:1
# text = when the Sultan says the corpses are quite stiff, lol
1	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	corpses	corpse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the corpses |  |  |  |  | stiff *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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