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title: lol, what did the prince say he'd do for the lady? — Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Cam… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol, what did the prince say he'd do for the lady? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 199 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39: the prince wakes beside the sleeping princess, and the king learns of the mystery» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39:…

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lol, what did the prince say he'd do for the lady?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 199 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39: the prince wakes beside the sleeping princess, and the king learns of the mystery» 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/199-pg128-part39/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t8:1
# text = lol, what did the prince say he'd do for the lady?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | would | prince |  |  |  |  | for the lady | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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search the whole land for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t8:o1:1
# text = search the whole land for her
1	search	search	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole land |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent land=Location for she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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love her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t8:o2:1
# text = love her
1	love	love	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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

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marry her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t8:o3:1
# text = marry her
1	marry	marry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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free her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:199-pg128-part39:t8:o4:1
# text = free her
1	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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