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title: On what condition did the gazelle instruct the master to remain sile… — Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what condition did the gazelle instruct the master to remain silent? Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sul…

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On what condition did the gazelle instruct the master to remain silent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gazelle · **What happens:** instruct, remain · **To what, where:** master

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e3:1
# text = On what condition did the gazelle instruct the master to remain silent?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	instruct	instruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the gazelle | the master |  |  |  | on condition | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent master=Recipient on condition=Topic |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | the gazelle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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Save for greetings and enquiries made by the sultan's court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e3:o1:1
# text = Save for greetings and enquiries made by the sultan's court
1	Save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	greetings	greeting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	enquiries	enquiry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for greetings and enquiries | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for greeting=Source |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | greetings and enquiries *not said here* |  |  |  | by the sultan's court | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Save for greetings and enquiries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e3:o2:1
# text = Save for greetings and enquiries
1	Save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	greetings	greeting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	enquiries	enquiry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for greetings and enquiries | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for greeting=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Save for greetings and enquiries, and never mention the robbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e3:o3:1
# text = Save for greetings and enquiries, and never mention the robbers
1	Save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	greetings	greeting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	enquiries	enquiry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	mention	mention	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for greetings and enquiries | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for greeting=Source |
| 2 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the robbers |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent robber=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Save for the sultan's orders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e3:o4:1
# text = Save for the sultan's orders
1	Save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the sultan's orders | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for order=Source |
| 2 | **order** |  | the sultan |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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