--- title: What did the Sultan threaten to do, bruv? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the Sultan threaten to do, bruv? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 1431 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: the lamp, the genie, and a stolen wedding night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/t15/) [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, Aladdin and the Wonder…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1431-pg503-part18/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: t… What did the Sultan threaten to do, bruv? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sultan · **What happens:** threaten, do · **To what, where:** bruv This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 1431 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: the lamp, the genie, and a stolen wedding night» 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/1431-pg503-part18/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:t15:1 # text = What did the Sultan threaten to do, bruv? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 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 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 threaten threaten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | the Sultan | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Sultan *not said here* | bruv | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Cut off her head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:t15:o1:1 # text = Cut off her head 1 Cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | participle | | her head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hang her high ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:t15:o2:1 # text = Hang her high 1 Hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | high *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Jail her, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:t15:o3:1 # text = Jail her, bruv 1 Jail jail VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jail** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | bruv *vocative* | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Burn her, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1431-pg503-part18:t15:o4:1 # text = Burn her, bruv 1 Burn burn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | bruv *obl* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme | **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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