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title: Who snatched her, though? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who snatched her, though? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who snatched her, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** snatch · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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/173-pg128-part13/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t12:1
# text = Who snatched her, though?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snatched	snatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snatch** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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some kind of spirit thing, grabbed her right in the middle of the big wedding party

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t12:o1:1
# text = some kind of spirit thing, grabbed her right in the middle of the big wedding party
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | some kind of spirit thing | her *= she* |  | the middle of the big wedding party |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a massive genie dude who came and whisked her off on the night she got married

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t12:o2:1
# text = a massive genie dude who came and whisked her off on the night she got married
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
8	whisked	whisk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a massive genie dude |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **whisk off** | past | a massive genie dude | her *= she* |  |  | night |  | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 3 | **marry** | past · passive | the night *not said here* | dude |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bloke, on the wedding day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t12:o3:1
# text = a bloke, on the wedding day
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a genie, on her wedding day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t12:o4:1
# text = a genie, on her wedding day
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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