How does the fisherman's motivation move the plot
forward?
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the fisherman was very unhappy. "what an unlucky man
i am to have freed you! i implore you to spare my life."
"i have told you," said the genius, "that it is impossible.
choose quickly; you are wasting time."
the fisherman began to devise a plot.
"since i must die," he said, "before i choose the manner
of my death, i conjure you on your honour to tell me if
you really were in that vase? "
"yes, i was," answered the genius.
"i really cannot believe it," said the fisherman. "that vase
could not contain one of your feet even, and how could
your whole body go in? i cannot believe it unless i see you
do the thing."
-"the story of the fisherman,"
andrew lang
the fisherman's determination to outwit the genius
results in the climax.
the fisherman fears dying slowly and asks a
question that results in rising action.
the fisherman makes a poorly worded demand,
which results in exposition.
the fisherman's anger at the situation leads him to
be fearless, causing the climax.
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The fisherman's determination to outwit the genius  results in the climax.

Explanation:

In the story of "The Arabian Nights" by Andrew Lang, one section of the story is about "The Fisherman" where a poor fisherman had captured a vase which imprisoned a genii. When the genii began to threaten him with death, he began to devise a plot to save himself.

So, when the genii told him to chose how he want to die, he implored him to give him one last wish/ request. And his request was that the genii show him how exactly he had managed to get himself into the small container when he is big in reality. This was a ploy to get him in the vase and keep him locked again. This ploy was to outwith the genii and secure his life. Thus, his motivation in trying to outwit the genii led to the climax of the story where the story turns, leading to the imprisonment f the genii again.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

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