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title: What is the principal reason the king bestows a wife upon Sindbad? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal reason the king bestows a wife upon Sindbad? Exam question 1 of lesson 186 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becomes rich on a strange island, then is buried alive with his dead wife and survives by killing newcomers.» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becom…

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What is the principal reason the king bestows a wife upon Sindbad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** be, bestow · **To what, where:** principal reason, wife

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 186 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 26: Sindbad becomes rich on a strange island, then is buried alive with his dead wife and survives by killing newcomers.» 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/186-pg128-part26/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e1:1
# text = What is the principal reason the king bestows a wife upon Sindbad?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bestows	bestow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bestow** | present | the king | a wife |  |  |  | upon Sindbad | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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To honour his long voyage at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e1:o1:1
# text = To honour his long voyage at sea
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	honour	honour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | to-infinitive |  | his long voyage |  | sea |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **voyage** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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To secure his permanent residence among the islanders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e1:o2:1
# text = To secure his permanent residence among the islanders
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	secure	secure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	islanders	islander	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | to-infinitive |  | his permanent residence |  |  |  | among the islanders | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition residence=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To please Sindbad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e1:o3:1
# text = To please Sindbad
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	please	please	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **please** | to-infinitive |  | Sindbad |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sindbad=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To keep him on the island forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:186-pg128-part26:e1:o4:1
# text = To keep him on the island forever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  | the island |  | forever *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme on island=Location |

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