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title: Man, what did the Queen make the King swear? — Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dyi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Man, what did the Queen make the King swear? Test 13 · ★ 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 the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K…

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Man, what did the Queen make the King swear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Man · **What happens:** do, make · **To what, where:** Queen, King swear

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This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t13:1
# text = Man, what did the Queen make the King swear?
1	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Man | the Queen |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | present | Man | the King swear |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swear=Product |

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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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never to remarry until he found a woman more beautiful than the first Queen, and never to tell the Council

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t13:o1:1
# text = never to remarry until he found a woman more beautiful than the first Queen, and never to tell the Council
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	remarry	remarry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Council	Council	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **remarry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | past | he | a woman |  |  |  | beautiful *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | the Council |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent council=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to never wed a second time unless he found a fairer bride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t13:o2:1
# text = to never wed a second time unless he found a fairer bride
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	wed	wed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wed** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | he | a fairer bride |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
never to remarry until he found a woman more beautiful than herself and wiser than any queen of the land

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t13:o3:1
# text = never to remarry until he found a woman more beautiful than herself and wiser than any queen of the land
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	remarry	remarry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **remarry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | past | he | a woman |  |  |  | beautiful *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
never to remarry till he found a more beautiful woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t13:o4:1
# text = never to remarry till he found a more beautiful woman
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	remarry	remarry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **remarry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | past | he | a beautiful woman |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic |

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