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title: fr, why did Dinarzade have to wake her up before sunrise? — Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the G… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, why did Dinarzade have to wake her up before sunrise? Test 3 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh…

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fr, why did Dinarzade have to wake her up before sunrise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dinarzade · **What happens:** have, wake up · **To what, where:** Dinarzade

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t3:1
# text = fr, why did Dinarzade have to wake her up before sunrise?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Dinarzade	Dinarzade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past · do-support | Dinarzade |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wake up** | to-infinitive | Dinarzade *not said here* | Dinarzade |  |  | sunrise |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to ask for a story before the sun came up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t3:o1:1
# text = to ask for a story before the sun came up
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for a story | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come up** | past | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to ask Scheherazade to finish the story she had started the evening before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t3:o2:1
# text = to ask Scheherazade to finish the story she had started the evening before
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Scheherazade	Scheherazade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	started	start	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	before	before	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  | Scheherazade |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent scheherazade=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **finish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the story |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality story=Eventuality |
| 3 | **start** | past · perfect | Scheherazade | the story *not said here* |  |  | evening | before *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to get her sister to tell the story early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t3:o3:1
# text = to get her sister to tell the story early
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | her sister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | her sister *not said here* | the story |  |  |  | early *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because the Sultan had sent for her at midnight and she needed to prepare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t3:o4:1
# text = because the Sultan had sent for her at midnight and she needed to prepare
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Sultan |  |  | midnight | for her *= she* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **prepare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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