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title: Which phrase best describes the princess's state of mind after she s… — Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase best describes the princess's state of mind after she surrendered the stone? Exam question 3 of lesson 1157 «Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of ice is raised, and the ogre tricks the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of…

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Which phrase best describes the princess's state of mind after she surrendered the stone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** describe, surrender · **To what, where:** state, stone

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1157 «Fairy Book, The Stone in the Turban, part 23: a palace of ice is raised, and the ogre tricks the princess» 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/1157-pg3027-part23/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:e3:1
# text = Which phrase best describes the princess's state of mind after she surrendered the stone?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	surrendered	surrender	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the princess's state of mind |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme |
| 2 | **surrender** | past | phrase | the stone |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |

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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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a cold chill ran through her and she could not speak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:e3:o1:1
# text = a cold chill ran through her and she could not speak
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | a cold chill |  |  |  |  | through her *= she* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through she=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | could | chill |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a cold chill ran through her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:e3:o2:1
# text = a cold chill ran through her
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | a cold chill |  |  |  |  | through her *= she* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through she=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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her heart sank with dread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:e3:o3:1
# text = her heart sank with dread
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dread	dread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past | her heart |  |  |  |  | with dread | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with dread=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a cold chill ran through her whole body and bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1157-pg3027-part23:e3:o4:1
# text = a cold chill ran through her whole body and bones
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | a cold chill |  |  | chill's whole body and bones |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through body=Trajectory |

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