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title: Hold up, what did the executioner do before he swung? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hold up, what did the executioner do before he swung? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1432 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 19: the magician steals the lamp and Aladdin is nearly beheaded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 19: t…

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Hold up, what did the executioner do before he swung?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** hold up, do, swing · **To what, where:** executioner

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1432 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 19: the magician steals the lamp and Aladdin is nearly beheaded» 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/1432-pg503-part19/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1432-pg503-part19:t6:1
# text = Hold up, what did the executioner do before he swung?
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	executioner	executioner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	swung	swing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the executioner |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent executioner=Eventuality |
| 3 | **swing** | present · do-support | he | the executioner *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent executioner=Theme |

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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}

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blindfolded him and bowed low, bruh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1432-pg503-part19:t6:o1:1
# text = blindfolded him and bowed low, bruh
1	blindfolded	blindfold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blindfold** | past |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination |
| 2 | **bow** | past |  |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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tied his hands, bruh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1432-pg503-part19:t6:o2:1
# text = tied his hands, bruh
1	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past |  | his hands |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
blindfolded him, bruh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1432-pg503-part19:t6:o3:1
# text = blindfolded him, bruh
1	blindfolded	blindfold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blindfold** | past |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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bandaged him, bruh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1432-pg503-part19:t6:o4:1
# text = bandaged him, bruh
1	bandaged	bandage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bandage** | past |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination |

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