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title: What did the Sultan vow to do for the young king? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Sultan vow to do for the young king? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 15 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8:…

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What did the Sultan vow to do for the young king?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Sultan vow

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» 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/168-pg128-part8/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t15:1
# text = What did the Sultan vow to do for the young king?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Sultan vow |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | the Sultan vow *not said here* |  |  |  | for the young king | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Take revenge on the enchantress and burn her palace to the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t15:o1:1
# text = Take revenge on the enchantress and burn her palace to the ground
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	burn	burn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | revenge |  | the enchantress |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on enchantress=Destination |
| 2 | **burn** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her palace |  |  |  | to the ground | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Punish the grand-vizir fully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t15:o2:1
# text = Punish the grand-vizir fully
1	Punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | imperative | you *not said here* | the grand vizir |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vizir=Patient |

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

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Take revenge on the enchantress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t15:o3:1
# text = Take revenge on the enchantress
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | revenge |  | the enchantress |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on enchantress=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Marry the enchantress soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t15:o4:1
# text = Marry the enchantress soon
1	Marry	marry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | imperative | you *not said here* | the enchantress |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchantress=Patient |

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