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title: Upon what condition did the Sultan grant Aladdin his prayer for a re… — Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Alad… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition did the Sultan grant Aladdin his prayer for a respite? Exam question 1 of lesson 213 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace flies home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

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Upon what condition did the Sultan grant Aladdin his prayer for a respite?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, pray · **To what, where:** Sultan grant

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 213 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace flies home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/213-pg128-part53/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e1:1
# text = Upon what condition did the Sultan grant Aladdin his prayer for a respite?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	grant	grant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	respite	respite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | condition | the Sultan grant |  |  |  | for a respite | tree rules |
| 2 | **pray** |  | condition |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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forty days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e1:o1:1
# text = forty days
1	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
forty nights to bring the princess back home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e1:o2:1
# text = forty nights to bring the princess back home
1	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | forty nights |  | the princess |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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forty days in which to find the lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e1:o3:1
# text = forty days in which to find the lamp
1	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the lamp |  |  | in forty days |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
forty days in which to find the princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e1:o4:1
# text = forty days in which to find the princess
1	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the princess |  |  | in forty days |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Topic |

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