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title: wait, why did the wife have to wear sackcloth? — Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did the wife have to wear sackcloth? Test 3 · ★ 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 3 · ★ · Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif…

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wait, why did the wife have to wear sackcloth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wife · **What happens:** wait, have, wear · **To what, where:** sackcloth

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t3:1
# text = wait, why did the wife have to wear sackcloth?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	sackcloth	sackcloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past · do-support | the wife |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wear** | to-infinitive | the wife *not said here* | sackcloth |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sackcloth=Source |

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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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cos it looked proper sad, like she was in mourning, and the porter would believe her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t3:o1:1
# text = cos it looked proper sad, like she was in mourning, and the porter would believe her
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	mourning	mourning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	porter	porter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | past | it |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | like mourning | tree rules |
| 4 | **believe** | would | the porter | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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

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cos it looked proper sad, like she was in mourning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t3:o2:1
# text = cos it looked proper sad, like she was in mourning
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	mourning	mourning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | past | it |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | like mourning | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos it was the only cloth in the house, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t3:o3:1
# text = cos it was the only cloth in the house, innit
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the house and innit |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | the only cloth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos it made her look proper grieving and dead sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t3:o4:1
# text = cos it made her look proper grieving and dead sad
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	grieving	grieve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
10	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | it | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material she=Product |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | proper *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **grieve** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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