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title: did the Sultan send his messengers far with a memo about her? — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the Sultan send his messengers far with a memo about her? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 225 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian is killed and the princess pretends to be mad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian i…

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did the Sultan send his messengers far with a memo about her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sultan · **What happens:** send · **To what, where:** messengers

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 225 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian is killed and the princess pretends to be mad» 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/225-pg128-part65/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t8:1
# text = did the Sultan send his messengers far with a memo about her?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	messengers	messenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	memo	memo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · do-support | the Sultan | Sultan's messengers |  |  |  | with a memo about her; far *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=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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yeah, a few letters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t8:o1:1
# text = yeah, a few letters
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	letters	letter	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 -->
yeah, to every nearby kingdom with a prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t8:o2:1
# text = yeah, to every nearby kingdom with a prize
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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yeah, to all the neighbouring states, offering a reward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t8:o3:1
# text = yeah, to all the neighbouring states, offering a reward
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	offering	offer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neighbour** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **offer** | gerund | all neighbouring states | a reward |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, only to the Sultan of Persia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:225-pg128-part65:t8:o4:1
# text = nah, only to the Sultan of Persia
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Persia	Persia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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