--- title: What reward did the Sultan's court propose for the dervish? — Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and th… · tree and pragmatics description: What reward did the Sultan's court propose for the dervish? Exam question 3 of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/175-pg128-part15/e3/) [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 Envious Man and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/175-pg128-part15/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15:… What reward did the Sultan's court propose for the dervish? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** court · **What happens:** be, propose This is exam question 3 of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/175-pg128-part15/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e3:1 # text = What reward did the Sultan's court propose for the dervish? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 2 reward reward VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **propose** | past · do-support | the Sultan's court | | | | | for the dervish | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 {#o1} Exile from the realm with all his worldly goods confiscated ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e3:o1:1 # text = Exile from the realm with all his worldly goods confiscated 1 Exile Exile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 worldly worldly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 nmod _ _ 10 confiscated confiscate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confiscate** | participle | | Exile's worldly goods *not said here* | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The hand of the princess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e3:o2:1 # text = The hand of the princess 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Half the royal treasury ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e3:o3:1 # text = Half the royal treasury 1 Half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 4 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A seat on the council ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:e3:o4:1 # text = A seat on the council 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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