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title: What was the Sultan's instruction concerning the events of the day? — Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the Sultan's instruction concerning the events of the day? Exam question 1 of lesson 193 «Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confesses, the Sultan summons everyone, and Alnaschar dreams of riches» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confess…

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What was the Sultan's instruction concerning the events of the day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instruction, Sultan · **What happens:** be, concern, instruct · **To what, where:** events

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 193 «Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confesses, the Sultan summons everyone, and Alnaschar dreams of riches» 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/193-pg128-part33/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:e1:1
# text = What was the Sultan's instruction concerning the events of the day?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Sultan's instruction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the Sultan's instruction *not said here* | the events of the day |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus event=Experiencer |
| 3 | **instruct** |  | the Sultan |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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That they be recorded by his private historian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:e1:o1:1
# text = That they be recorded by his private historian
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	historian	historian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | infinitive · passive | his private historian | That |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That they be kept by the royal scribe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:e1:o2:1
# text = That they be kept by the royal scribe
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	scribe	scribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | infinitive · passive | the royal scribe | That |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To be written down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:e1:o3:1
# text = To be written down
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That they be sealed by the chief vizir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:193-pg128-part33:e1:o4:1
# text = That they be sealed by the chief vizir
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | infinitive · passive | the chief vizir | That |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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