--- title: What did he beg her to do at dinner? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics description: What did he beg her to do at dinner? Test 14 · ★ 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 opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/173-pg128-part13/t14/) [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/173-pg128-part13/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13… What did he beg her to do at dinner? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** beg, do · **To what, where:** her, dinner This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t14:1 # text = What did he beg her to do at dinner? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · do-support | he | | her *= she* | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | dinner | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} leave the cave and go with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t14:o1:1 # text = leave the cave and go with him 1 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cave | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Theme | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with him *= he* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} break all the chains and bonds and then travel back up to the surface with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t14:o2:1 # text = break all the chains and bonds and then travel back up to the surface with him 1 break break VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 bonds bond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 travel travel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* | all chains and bonds | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chain=Patient | | 2 | **travel** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the surface | then | with him *= he* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to surface=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} escape and head home with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t14:o3:1 # text = escape and head home with him 1 escape escape VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with him *= he*; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} break free and come home with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t14:o4:1 # text = break free and come home with him 1 break break VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | free *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with him *= he*; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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