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title: wait, what did his dad make him promise about the Persian? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beau… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, what did his dad make him promise about the Persian? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 207 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part 47: Noureddin's friends desert him and the Persian is put up for sale» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part…

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wait, what did his dad make him promise about the Persian?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, dad, him · **What happens:** wait, make, promise · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 207 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian, part 47: Noureddin's friends desert him and the Persian is put up for sale» 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/207-pg128-part47/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t9:1
# text = wait, what did his dad make him promise about the Persian?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Persian	Persian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past · do-support | his dad | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the Persian | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Never to sell or put her away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t9:o1:1
# text = Never to sell or put her away
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sell** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **put away** | infinitive |  |  | her *= she* |  |  | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never to marry the Persian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t9:o2:1
# text = Never to marry the Persian
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	marry	marry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Persian	Persian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **marry** | to-infinitive |  | the Persian |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent persian=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Never to sell or send her to market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t9:o3:1
# text = Never to sell or send her to market
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sell** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **send** | infinitive |  | her *= she* |  | market |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to market=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Always to free the Persian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:207-pg128-part47:t9:o4:1
# text = Always to free the Persian
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Persian	Persian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
```

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

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