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title: What did the king consent to before the prince ascended to the roof? — Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the king consent to before the prince ascended to the roof? Exam question 3 of lesson 1208 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul and unmasks the princess's secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul an…

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What did the king consent to before the prince ascended to the roof?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, ascend · **To what, where:** king consent, prince, roof

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1208 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul and unmasks the princess's secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1208-pg3282-part9/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:e3:1
# text = What did the king consent to before the prince ascended to the roof?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	ascended	ascend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the king consent |  |  |  | to the prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ascend** | participle |  | the prince *not said here* |  | the roof |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to roof=Initial\_Location |

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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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That a servant climb with him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:e3:o1:1
# text = That a servant climb with him
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	climb	climb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That a little water be taken there and that he be left alone for prayer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:e3:o2:1
# text = That a little water be taken there and that he be left alone for prayer
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
13	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | there |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive · passive |  | he |  |  |  | for prayer; alone *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for prayer=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That a little water be taken there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:e3:o3:1
# text = That a little water be taken there
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | there |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That a prayer mat be laid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:e3:o4:1
# text = That a prayer mat be laid
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mat	mat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | infinitive · passive |  | that prayer mat |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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