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title: On what grounds did the princess chastise the old woman? — Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar,… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what grounds did the princess chastise the old woman? Exam question 2 of lesson 1853 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned pilaw meant for the vizier's son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned…

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On what grounds did the princess chastise the old woman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grounds, princess · **What happens:** do, chastise · **To what, where:** old woman

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1853 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned pilaw meant for the vizier's son» 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/1853-pg7128-part37/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e2:1
# text = On what grounds did the princess chastise the old woman?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chastise	chastise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | grounds |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **chastise** | present | the princess | the old woman |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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For disclosing the arrival of the strangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e2:o1:1
# text = For disclosing the arrival of the strangers
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disclosing	disclose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | gerund |  | the arrival of the strangers |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrival=Topic |
| 2 | **arrive** |  | the strangers |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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For warning the strangers about the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e2:o2:1
# text = For warning the strangers about the palace
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warning	warn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | gerund |  | the strangers |  |  |  | about the palace | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient about palace=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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For revealing the strangers' arrival to the whole palace court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e2:o3:1
# text = For revealing the strangers' arrival to the whole palace court
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	revealing	reveal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | gerund |  | the strangers's arrival | the whole palace court |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent arrival=Topic to court=Recipient |
| 2 | **arrive** |  | the strangers |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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For spying on the foreign visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1853-pg7128-part37:e2:o4:1
# text = For spying on the foreign visitors
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spying	spy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spy** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on the foreign visitors | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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