--- title: What did the porter have to promise to stay? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the porter have to promise to stay? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/169-pg128-part9/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, The Young King of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/169-pg128-part9/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enc… What did the porter have to promise to stay? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** porter · **What happens:** do, have, promise, stay This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» 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/169-pg128-part9/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t9:1 # text = What did the porter have to promise to stay? 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 4 det _ _ 4 porter port NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | the porter | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | to-infinitive | the porter *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the porter *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} He promised to carry the basket and not ask anything at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t9:o1:1 # text = He promised to carry the basket and not ask anything at all 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | He | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the basket | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme | | 3 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | He *not said here* | anything | | all | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Just pay the fee ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t9:o2:1 # text = Just pay the fee 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fee fee NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fee | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fee=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} He had to swear on the holy book and pay a huge fee, dude ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t9:o3:1 # text = He had to swear on the holy book and pay a huge fee, dude 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 fee fee NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **swear** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | the holy book | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pay** | present | He *not said here* | a huge fee and dude | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fee=Asset | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No questions, got it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t9:o4:1 # text = No questions, got it 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | no questions | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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