--- title: In what manner did the Sultan signify his consent to the marriage of… — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the Sultan signify his consent to the marriage of his son with the Princess of Bengal? Exam question 1 of lesson 224 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince flies home, and the angry Indian plots revenge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/224-pg128-part64/e1/) [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, The Enchanted Horse, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/224-pg128-part64/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince f… In what manner did the Sultan signify his consent to the marriage of his son with the Princess of Bengal? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sultan · **What happens:** signify, consent, marry · **To what, where:** consent, son This is exam question 1 of lesson 224 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince flies home, and the angry Indian plots revenge» 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/224-pg128-part64/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e1:1 # text = In what manner did the Sultan signify his consent to the marriage of his son with the Princess of Bengal? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 signify signify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **signify** | past · do-support | the Sultan | Sultan's consent | | | | to the marriage of Sultan's son with the Princess of Bengal; in what manner | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot consent=Theme in manner=Attribute | | 2 | **consent** | | Sultan | | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **marry** | | | Sultan's son with the Princess of Bengal | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He gladly and expressly consented to the union ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e1:o1:1 # text = He gladly and expressly consented to the union 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 expressly expressly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 consented consent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 union union NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | participle | He | | | | | to the union; expressly, gladly *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to union=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He firmly and openly refused the proposal at court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e1:o2:1 # text = He firmly and openly refused the proposal at court 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 openly openly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | He | the proposal | | court | | firmly, openly *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He agreed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e1:o3:1 # text = He agreed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | He | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He said yes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e1:o4:1 # text = He said yes 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | **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. 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