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title: yo so Scheherazade is literally begging her dad to take her to the S… — Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the G… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo so Scheherazade is literally begging her dad to take her to the Sultan, like is she lowkey trying to get herself killed? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 162 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheherazade wins more days by telling a tale of a merchant facing a fierce genie» of the books c
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# Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh…

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yo so Scheherazade is literally begging her dad to take her to the Sultan, like is she lowkey trying to get herself killed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** yo, Scheherazade · **What happens:** beg, take, try, get, kill · **To what, where:** dad, Scheherazade, Sultan

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 162 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheherazade wins more days by telling a tale of a merchant facing a fierce genie» 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/162-pg128-part2/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t1:1
# text = yo so Scheherazade is literally begging her dad to take her to the Sultan, like is she lowkey trying to get herself killed?
1	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	Scheherazade	Scheherazade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	_
20	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	22	obj	_	_
24	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present · progressive | yo |  | Scheherazade's dad |  |  | literally *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | yo *not said here* | Scheherazade | the Sultan |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination |
| 3 | **try** | present · progressive | yo |  |  |  |  | lowkey *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | yo *not said here* | Scheherazade |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **kill** | participle | Scheherazade *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she's pleading with dad to deliver her to the Sultan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t1:o1:1
# text = she's pleading with dad to deliver her to the Sultan
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pleading	plead	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | present · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | with dad | tree rules |
| 2 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | her *= she* | the Sultan |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she's begging her dad to take her to the Sultan so she can marry him

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t1:o2:1
# text = she's begging her dad to take her to the Sultan so she can marry him
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present · progressive | she |  | her dad |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | her *= she* | the Sultan |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination |
| 3 | **marry** | can | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she's begging her dad to take her to the Sultan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t1:o3:1
# text = she's begging her dad to take her to the Sultan
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present · progressive | she |  | her dad |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | her *= she* | the Sultan |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she's begging her dad to take her to the Sultan even though it's dangerous

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t1:o4:1
# text = she's begging her dad to take her to the Sultan even though it's dangerous
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present · progressive | she |  | her dad |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | her *= she* | the Sultan |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination |
| 3 | **is** | present | Sultan |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

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