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title: Which action did the youngest brother perform in order to secure the… — Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the youngest brother perform in order to secure the Princess's hand? Exam question 1 of lesson 118 «Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…

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Which action did the youngest brother perform in order to secure the Princess's hand?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** do, perform, secure · **To what, where:** youngest brother, hand

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 118 «Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor» 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/118-pg11027-part21/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:e1:1
# text = Which action did the youngest brother perform in order to secure the Princess's hand?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	fixed	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which action | the youngest brother |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Eventuality |
| 2 | **perform** | infinitive | which action *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **secure** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the Princess's hand |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition hand=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He carried a letter from the king and galloped up the golden road to the castle gate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:e1:o1:1
# text = He carried a letter from the king and galloped up the golden road to the castle gate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	galloped	gallop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | He | a letter |  |  |  | from the king | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent letter=Theme from king=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **gallop up** | past | He *not said here* | the golden road |  | the castle gate |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent road=Theme to gate=Trajectory |

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

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He rode straight up the golden road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:e1:o2:1
# text = He rode straight up the golden road
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | He |  |  | the golden road |  | straight *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent up road=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He galloped down the silver path

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:e1:o3:1
# text = He galloped down the silver path
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	galloped	gallop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gallop down** | past | He | the silver path |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He first tried the dirt road and then changed course to ride up the golden road later

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:e1:o4:1
# text = He first tried the dirt road and then changed course to ride up the golden road later
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
3	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | He | the dirt road |  |  |  | first *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Eventuality |
| 2 | **change** | past | He *not said here* | course |  |  | then |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Patient |
| 3 | **ride up** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the golden road |  |  |  | late *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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