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title: Fr, what did the merchant say to do with her before the king saw her? — Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Fr, what did the merchant say to do with her before the king saw her? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 206 «Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a slave for the king, and his son falls for her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a s…

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Fr, what did the merchant say to do with her before the king saw her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** merchant, king · **What happens:** say, do, see · **To what, where:** Fr, merchant · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 206 «Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a slave for the king, and his son falls for her» 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/206-pg128-part46/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t5:1
# text = Fr, what did the merchant say to do with her before the king saw her?
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the merchant | Fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the merchant *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with merchant | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** | past | the king | merchant |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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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Keep her a fortnight in the house and dress her like a queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t5:o1:1
# text = Keep her a fortnight in the house and dress her like a queen
1	Keep	keep	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	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dress	dress	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the house | fortnight |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in house=Location |
| 2 | **dress** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | like a queen | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take her to the baths and then keep her a whole month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t5:o2:1
# text = Take her to the baths and then keep her a whole month
1	Take	take	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	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baths	bath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the baths |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bath=Destination |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  | then; month |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep her a fortnight in the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t5:o3:1
# text = Keep her a fortnight in the house
1	Keep	keep	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	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the house | fortnight |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put her to work in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:206-pg128-part46:t5:o4:1
# text = Put her to work in the kitchen
1	Put	put	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	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the kitchen | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in kitchen=Theme |

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