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title: Upon what grounds does the king dismiss Becfola's intended reproach… — Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Be… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what grounds does the king dismiss Becfola's intended reproach at the time of her return? Exam question 2 of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home an…

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Upon what grounds does the king dismiss Becfola's intended reproach at the time of her return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king, Becfola · **What happens:** ground, dismiss, intend, return · **To what, where:** intended reproach

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» 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/1053-pg2892-part21/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e2:1
# text = Upon what grounds does the king dismiss Becfola's intended reproach at the time of her return?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dismiss	dismiss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Becfola	Becfola	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	reproach	reproach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dismiss** | present · do-support | the king | Becfola's intended reproach |  |  | time |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reproach=Theme |
| 3 | **intend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **return** |  | Becfola |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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He cites the king's own oath.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e2:o1:1
# text = He cites the king's own oath.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cites	cite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cite** | present | He | the king's own oath |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He appeals to the queen's authority over matters of the household.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e2:o2:1
# text = He appeals to the queen's authority over matters of the household.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	appeals	appeal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appeal** | present | He |  |  |  |  | to the queen's authority over matters of the household | vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to authority=Experiencer |
| 2 | **matter** |  | the household |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He calls the hour unlucky and the bargain void for all concerned.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e2:o3:1
# text = He calls the hour unlucky and the bargain void for all concerned.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bargain	bargain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	void	void	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
12	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | He |  |  |  | hour | unlucky *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He invokes the impropriety of an engagement made at so early an hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e2:o4:1
# text = He invokes the impropriety of an engagement made at so early an hour.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invokes	invoke	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	impropriety	impropriety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	engagement	engagement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invoke** | present | He | the impropriety of a engagement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a engagement *not said here* |  |  | hour |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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