--- title: Is Dil-aram actually trying to kill the princess, bro? — Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-af… · tree and pragmatics description: Is Dil-aram actually trying to kill the princess, bro? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1202-pg3282-part3/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-af…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1202-pg3282-part3/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3… Is Dil-aram actually trying to kill the princess, bro? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dil aram · **What happens:** be, try, kill · **To what, where:** Dil aram, princess This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» 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/1202-pg3282-part3/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t5:1 # text = Is Dil-aram actually trying to kill the princess, bro? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 Dil Dil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 aram aram NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 actually actually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Dil aram | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | Dil aram *not said here* | | | | | actually *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Dil aram *not said here* | the princess and bro | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | 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} No, she wants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t5:o1:1 # text = No, she wants 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | she | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 {#o2} She offered poison, he refused it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t5:o2:1 # text = She offered poison, he refused it 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | She | poison | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent poison=Theme | | 2 | **refuse** | past | he | poison | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, she tried ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t5:o3:1 # text = Yes, she tried 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | she | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She offered poison, but he said no ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t5:o4:1 # text = She offered poison, but he said no 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | She | poison | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent poison=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | **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. 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