---
title: what was actually in the napkin mum took to the Sultan? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was actually in the napkin mum took to the Sultan? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 211 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: the lamp brings the bride and groom to Aladdin's room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/211-pg128-part51/t7/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/211-pg128-part51/) / t7

# Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what was actually in the napkin mum took to the Sultan?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 211 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: the lamp brings the bride and groom to Aladdin's room» 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/211-pg128-part51/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t7:1
# text = what was actually in the napkin mum took to the Sultan?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	napkin	napkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | in the napkin mum; to the Sultan; actually, take *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing but a few plain figs, which the mother had bought in town and tied up in the napkin with a bit of string

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t7:o1:1
# text = Nothing but a few plain figs, which the mother had bought in town and tied up in the napkin with a bit of string
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	figs	fig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	napkin	napkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past · perfect · passive |  |  |  | town |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **tie up** | participle |  |  |  | the napkin with a bit of string |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Magic fruits that sparkled like jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t7:o2:1
# text = Magic fruits that sparkled like jewels
1	Magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fruits	fruit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sparkle** | past | Magic fruits |  |  |  |  | like jewels | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dried figs from the palace garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t7:o3:1
# text = Dried figs from the palace garden
1	Dried	dried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	figs	fig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Silver coins that looked like jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:211-pg128-part51:t7:o4:1
# text = Silver coins that looked like jewels
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | Silver coins |  |  |  |  | like jewels | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/211-pg128-part51/t6/)
- next →: [Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/211-pg128-part51/t8/)
- ↑ back to [Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: the lamp brings the bride and groom to Aladdin's room](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/211-pg128-part51/)