--- title: What reply did the sultan give regarding the proposed marriage? — Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the… · tree and pragmatics description: What reply did the sultan give regarding the proposed marriage? Exam question 2 of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/e2/) [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/) / [Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sul… What reply did the sultan give regarding the proposed marriage? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sultan · **What happens:** be, do, give, regard, propose This is exam question 2 of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» 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/1772-pg641-part23/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e2:1 # text = What reply did the sultan give regarding the proposed marriage? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 reply reply VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 proposed propose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | present | the sultan | | | | | regard the proposed marriage | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **propose** | participle | | | | | | | 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} He declared himself angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e2:o1:1 # text = He declared himself angry 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | He | himself *= he* | | | | angry *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He declared himself content ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e2:o2:1 # text = He declared himself content 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 content content NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | He | himself *= he* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Theme content=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} He declared himself furious and banished the poor man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e2:o3:1 # text = He declared himself furious and banished the poor man 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 banished banish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | He | himself *= he* | | | | furious *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute | | 2 | **banish** | past | He *not said here* | the poor man | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He said he was pleased ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e2:o4:1 # text = He said he was pleased 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | **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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