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title: Did Noureddin fancy being king of Balsora after all that? — Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Noureddin fancy being king of Balsora after all that? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 210 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy's plot nearly kills Noureddin, but the vizir arrives in time» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy'…

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Did Noureddin fancy being king of Balsora after all that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Noureddin · **What happens:** fancy, be · **To what, where:** king

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 210 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy's plot nearly kills Noureddin, but the vizir arrives in time» 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/210-pg128-part50/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t6:1
# text = Did Noureddin fancy being king of Balsora after all that?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fancy	fancy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Balsora	Balsora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | past · do-support | Noureddin |  |  |  | after that |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | king |  |  |  | of Balsora | tree rules |

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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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Nah, he just wanted his own palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, he just wanted his own palace
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | his own palace |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot palace=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Nah, he wanted to stay with the Caliph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, he wanted to stay with the Caliph
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	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the Caliph | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with caliph=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, not really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, not really
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yep, he was keen to rule Balsora

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:210-pg128-part50:t6:o4:1
# text = Yep, he was keen to rule Balsora
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	Balsora	Balsora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | keen *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rule** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | Balsora |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent balsora=Result |

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