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title: To which location were the eleven princes transformed into swans con… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which location were the eleven princes transformed into swans conveyed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1020 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud…

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To which location were the eleven princes transformed into swans conveyed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, transform, convey · **To what, where:** eleven princes, swans

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1020 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza» 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/1020-pg27200-part231/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e4:1
# text = To which location were the eleven princes transformed into swans conveyed?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the eleven princes |  |  |  | to which location | tree rules |
| 2 | **transform** | participle |  | the eleven princes *not said here* |  |  |  | into swans *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into swan=Result |
| 3 | **convey** | participle |  | swans *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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A dense wood beside the coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e4:o1:1
# text = A dense wood beside the coast
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A gloomy island far from land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e4:o2:1
# text = A gloomy island far from land
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A dark forest stretching to the seashore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e4:o3:1
# text = A dark forest stretching to the seashore
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	seashore	seashore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | gerund | a dark forest *not said here* |  |  | the seashore |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to seashore=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A dark forest that stretched all the way down to the seashore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e4:o4:1
# text = A dark forest that stretched all the way down to the seashore
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	seashore	seashore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | past | a dark forest | all way |  |  |  | to the seashore *result*; down *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent way=Patient to seashore=Result |

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