--- title: What declaration did the prince make to the Sultan upon his departure? — Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: t… · tree and pragmatics description: What declaration did the prince make to the Sultan upon his departure? Exam question 4 of lesson 226 «Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back the princess and tricks the Sultan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/226-pg128-part66/e4/) [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, Prince Firouz Schah: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/226-pg128-part66/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back… What declaration did the prince make to the Sultan upon his departure? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** declaration, prince · **What happens:** make, depart This is exam question 4 of lesson 226 «Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back the princess and tricks the Sultan» 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/226-pg128-part66/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e4:1 # text = What declaration did the prince make to the Sultan upon his departure? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 declaration declaration NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · do-support | what declaration | | | | | to the Sultan; upon prince's departure | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **depart** | | prince | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} Learn first to gain consent or do not take what is not yours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e4:o1:1 # text = Learn first to gain consent or do not take what is not yours 1 Learn learn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **gain** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | consent | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **take** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is a** | present | | yours | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Learn first to gain consent from every king before taking their horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e4:o2:1 # text = Learn first to gain consent from every king before taking their horse 1 Learn learn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **gain** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | consent | | | | from every king | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent consent=Theme from king=Source | | 3 | **take** | gerund | you *not said here* | | their horse | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Seek consent before acting ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e4:o3:1 # text = Seek consent before acting 1 Seek seek VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | imperative | you *not said here* | consent | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme | | 2 | **act** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Learn first to gain consent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e4:o4:1 # text = Learn first to gain consent 1 Learn learn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **gain** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | consent | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme | **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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