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title: From what source did the wicked prince's wealth derive? — Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230:… · tree and pragmatics
description: From what source did the wicked prince's wealth derive? Exam question 3 of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…

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From what source did the wicked prince's wealth derive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** source · **What happens:** do, derive · **To what, where:** wealth

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» 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/1019-pg27200-part230/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:e3:1
# text = From what source did the wicked prince's wealth derive?
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	derive	derive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	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 | source | the wicked prince's wealth |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Eventuality |
| 2 | **derive** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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From the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:e3:o1:1
# text = From the sea
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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From the conquered towns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:e3:o2:1
# text = From the conquered towns
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conquer** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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From the royal treasury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:e3:o3:1
# text = From the royal treasury
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	treasury	treasury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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From bribes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:e3:o4:1
# text = From bribes
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	bribes	bribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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