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title: Is Labakan really a tailor or what? — Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is Labakan really a tailor or what? Test 6 · ★ 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 each o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is Labakan really a tailor or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Labakan · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tailor

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t6:1
# text = Is Labakan really a tailor or what?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	Labakan	Labakan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Labakan | a tailor |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he works for a bad master

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, he works for a bad master
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	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | he |  |  |  |  | for a bad master | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for master=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he's a tailor but he dreams of being a prince and lies about it all day long

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he's a tailor but he dreams of being a prince and lies about it all day long
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:outer	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dreams	dream	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a tailor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dream** | present | a tailor |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of a prince | tree rules |
| 4 | **lie** | present | a tailor *not said here* |  |  |  | day | about it; long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he's a cook who once trained as a tailor in a faraway city across the sea

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, he's a cook who once trained as a tailor in a faraway city across the sea
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
9	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	faraway	faraway	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	across	across	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a cook |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **train** | participle · passive |  | a cook |  | a faraway city |  | as a tailor; across the sea; once *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as tailor=Attribute |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he works for a clever master

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he works for a clever master
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	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | he |  |  |  |  | for a clever master | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for master=Beneficiary |

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