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title: so the Sultan said no mercy for a Christian who kills a Mussulman? — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunch… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the Sultan said no mercy for a Christian who kills a Mussulman? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 192 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dead hunchback is passed from house to house, and three innocent men nearly hang» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the Sultan said no mercy for a Christian who kills a Mussulman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sultan, mercy · **What happens:** say, kill · **To what, where:** mercy, Mussulman · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 192 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dead hunchback is passed from house to house, and three innocent men nearly hang» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/192-pg128-part32/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:192-pg128-part32:t6:1
# text = so the Sultan said no mercy for a Christian who kills a Mussulman?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Mussulman	mussulman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Sultan | no mercy |  |  |  | for a Christian | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mercy=Topic |
| 2 | **kill** | present | no mercy | a Mussulman |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mussulman=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, a fine was enough for that one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:192-pg128-part32:t6:o1:1
# text = nah, a fine was enough for that one
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fine	fine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a fine |  |  |  |  | for that one; enough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he said mercy is allowed but only if the killer converts to the faith first

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:192-pg128-part32:t6:o2:1
# text = nah, he said mercy is allowed but only if the killer converts to the faith first
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	killer	killer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	converts	convert	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **allow** | present · passive |  | mercy |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **convert** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the killer |  |  |  |  | to the faith *result*; first *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to faith=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, straight up no pardon, just do your job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:192-pg128-part32:t6:o3:1
# text = yup, straight up no pardon, just do your job
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	pardon	pardon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | infinitive |  | your job |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 2 | **job** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, he said a Christian gets no mercy ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:192-pg128-part32:t6:o4:1
# text = yup, he said a Christian gets no mercy ever
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  | yup *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | present | a Christian | no mercy |  |  | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mercy=Stimulus |

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