--- title: For what reason did the courtiers resolve to resign their posts? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Littl… · tree and pragmatics description: For what reason did the courtiers resolve to resign their posts? Exam question 4 of lesson 109 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, part 12: the Tailor outwits a Giant and wins a King's dangerous task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/109-pg11027-part12/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Littl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/109-pg11027-part12/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, part 12: t… For what reason did the courtiers resolve to resign their posts? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** courtiers · **What happens:** do, resolve, resign · **To what, where:** posts This is exam question 4 of lesson 109 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, part 12: the Tailor outwits a Giant and wins a King's dangerous task» 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/109-pg11027-part12/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:109-pg11027-part12:e4:1 # text = For what reason did the courtiers resolve to resign their posts? 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 resolve resolve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 resign resign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 posts post NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **resolve** | present | the courtiers | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **resign** | to-infinitive | the courtiers *not said here* | courtiers's posts | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent post=Theme | 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} they refused to share a room with a thief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:109-pg11027-part12:e4:o1:1 # text = they refused to share a room with a thief 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | they | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **share** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | a room | | | | with a thief | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} they were angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:109-pg11027-part12:e4:o2:1 # text = they were angry 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} they wanted gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:109-pg11027-part12:e4:o3:1 # text = they wanted gold 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | they | gold | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} they refused to serve beside one who slew seven at a blow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:109-pg11027-part12:e4:o4:1 # text = they refused to serve beside one who slew seven at a blow 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 beside beside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | they | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **serve** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | one | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Attribute | | 3 | **slay** | past | | seven | | a blow | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=Patient | **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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