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title: bruv, why did the Sultan send all three of them off travelling? — Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prin… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, why did the Sultan send all three of them off travelling? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…

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bruv, why did the Sultan send all three of them off travelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sultan, three · **What happens:** send, travel

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» 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/1493-pg503-part80/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t2:1
# text = bruv, why did the Sultan send all three of them off travelling?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
13	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · do-support | the Sultan |  |  |  |  | bruv *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **travel** | gerund | all three of them |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To make them richer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t2:o1:1
# text = To make them richer
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	richer	rich	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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So they wouldn't fight over his niece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t2:o2:1
# text = So they wouldn't fight over his niece
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fight** | would | they |  |  |  |  | over his niece | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over niece=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To keep them busy and far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t2:o3:1
# text = To keep them busy and far away
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | busy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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So they'd bring back gifts for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t2:o4:1
# text = So they'd bring back gifts for him
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | would | they | gifts |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |

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