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title: how did the wife pretend to be dead when the porter came? — Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did the wife pretend to be dead when the porter came? Test 6 · ★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how did the wife pretend to be dead when the porter came?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wife, porter · **What happens:** pretend, be, come

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t6:1
# text = how did the wife pretend to be dead when the porter came?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	porter	porter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past · do-support | the wife |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | the wife *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | past | the porter |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she hid under a blanket by the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t6:o1:1
# text = she hid under a blanket by the door
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | she |  |  | a blanket |  | by the door | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under blanket=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she lay stiff under a sheet like a corpse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t6:o2:1
# text = she lay stiff under a sheet like a corpse
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | she |  |  | a sheet |  | like a corpse; stiff *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under sheet=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she lay stiff under a sheet like a corpse, with her eyes shut tight and her arms crossed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t6:o3:1
# text = she lay stiff under a sheet like a corpse, with her eyes shut tight and her arms crossed
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	shut	shut	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | she |  |  | a sheet |  | like a corpse; stiff *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under sheet=Location |
| 2 | **cross** | participle | her arms |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she lay under a sheet, stiff as board

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:707-pg2435-part47:t6:o4:1
# text = she lay under a sheet, stiff as board
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | she |  |  | a sheet |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under sheet=Location |

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