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title: By what means did the princess render the magician insensible? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Alad… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the princess render the magician insensible? Exam question 2 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 option; Mova
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

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By what means did the princess render the magician insensible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, render · **To what, where:** princess, magician · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e2:1
# text = By what means did the princess render the magician insensible?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	render	render	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	insensible	insensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality |
| 3 | **render** | present |  | the magician |  |  |  | insensible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magician=Theme |

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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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a sleeping draught in the jug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e2:o1:1
# text = a sleeping draught in the jug
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a powder mixed into his drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e2:o2:1
# text = a powder mixed into his drink
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  | a powder *not said here* |  |  |  | into his drink | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient into drink=Co-Patient |

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

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a powder placed in her cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e2:o3:1
# text = a powder placed in her cup
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | participle |  | a powder *not said here* |  | her cup |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cup=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a powder poured in wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e2:o4:1
# text = a powder poured in wine
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | participle |  | a powder *not said here* |  | wine |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

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