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title: Mate, did Labakan nick the horse too? — Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did Labakan nick the horse too? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 12 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, did Labakan nick the horse too?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Labakan · **What happens:** nick · **To what, where:** horse

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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/716-pg2435-part56/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t12:1
# text = Mate, did Labakan nick the horse too?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Labakan	Labakan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	nick	nick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past · do-support | Labakan | the horse |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he took Omar's swift horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he took Omar's swift horse
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	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Omar	Omar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	swift	swift	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he |  | Omar's swift horse |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he bought his own mule from a farmer, because a horse would have been too expensive

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, he bought his own mule from a farmer, because a horse would have been too expensive
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux	_	_
17	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	cop	_	_
18	too	too	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | he | his own mule |  |  |  | from a farmer | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent mule=Theme from farmer=Source |
| 2 | **is** | would · perfect | a horse |  |  |  |  | expensive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he rode out of Alexandria on Omar's fastest horse before dawn broke over the city

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he rode out of Alexandria on Omar's fastest horse before dawn broke over the city
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	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Alexandria	Alexandria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	Omar	Omar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride out** | past | he | Alexandria |  |  |  | on Omar's fastest horse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alexandria=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | past | dawn |  |  | the city |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over city=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he stole Omar's grey mare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he stole Omar's grey mare
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	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Omar	Omar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | he | Omar's grey mare |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mare=Theme |

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