--- title: By what conveyance did the Princess journey to consult her godmother… — Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dyi… · tree and pragmatics description: By what conveyance did the Princess journey to consult her godmother, the Lilac-fairy? Exam question 3 of lesson 1091 «Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the King swear, the King goes mad, and the Princess flees to her godmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1091-pg29021-part16/e3/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dyi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1091-pg29021-part16/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K… By what conveyance did the Princess journey to consult her godmother, the Lilac-fairy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** conveyance · **What happens:** do, consult · **To what, where:** Princess journey, godmother This is exam question 3 of lesson 1091 «Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the King swear, the King goes mad, and the Princess flees to her godmother» 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/1091-pg29021-part16/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:e3:1 # text = By what conveyance did the Princess journey to consult her godmother, the Lilac-fairy? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 conveyance conveyance 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 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 Lilac lilac ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | conveyance | the Princess journey | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality | | 2 | **consult** | to-infinitive | conveyance *not said here* | conveyance's godmother and the Lilac fairy | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent godmother=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} a gilded chariot drawn by a team of white horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:e3:o1:1 # text = a gilded chariot drawn by a team of white horses 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 gilded gild VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gild** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **draw** | participle | | a gilded chariot *not said here* | | | | by a team of white horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a small carriage drawn by a sheep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:e3:o2:1 # text = a small carriage drawn by a sheep 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | participle | | a small carriage *not said here* | | | | by a sheep | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} a small trap drawn by a pony ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:e3:o3:1 # text = a small trap drawn by a pony 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | participle | | a small trap *not said here* | | | | by a pony | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} a little coach pulled by a goat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:e3:o4:1 # text = a little coach pulled by a goat 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | participle | | a little coach *not said here* | | | | by a goat | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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