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title: What did the Sultan demand of Aladdin concerning his daughter? — Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Alad… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Sultan demand of Aladdin concerning his daughter? Exam question 4 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 4 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What did the Sultan demand of Aladdin concerning his daughter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sultan demand · **What happens:** do, concern, demand · **To what, where:** Sultan demand, daughter, Aladdin

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e4:1
# text = What did the Sultan demand of Aladdin concerning his daughter?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Sultan demand of Aladdin |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demand=Eventuality |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the Sultan demand of Aladdin *not said here* | Aladdin's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus daughter=Experiencer |
| 3 | **demand** |  |  | Aladdin |  |  |  |  | nom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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that he search the whole kingdom for her and never return to the city without her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e4:o1:1
# text = that he search the whole kingdom for her and never return to the city without her
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	without	without	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | infinitive | he | the whole kingdom |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Location for she=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **return** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the city *result*; without her *= she* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to city=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that he find her within forty days or else lose his head to the executioner

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e4:o2:1
# text = that he find her within forty days or else lose his head to the executioner
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	else	else	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	executioner	executioner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | infinitive | he | her *= she* |  |  | day |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive | he *not said here* | his head |  |  |  | to the executioner; else *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that he return her within a month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e4:o3:1
# text = that he return her within a month
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | infinitive | he | her *= she* |  |  | month |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that he find her or lose his head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:213-pg128-part53:e4:o4:1
# text = that he find her or lose his head
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | infinitive | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive | he *not said here* | his head |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |

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