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title: By what means did the frog secure an audience with the monarch? — Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the frog secure an audience with the monarch? Exam question 2 of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

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By what means did the frog secure an audience with the monarch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** frog · **What happens:** mean, secure · **To what, where:** audience

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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/1181-pg3027-part47/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e2:1
# text = By what means did the frog secure an audience with the monarch?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **secure** | past · do-support | the frog | a audience |  |  |  | with the monarch | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent audience=Patient with monarch=Co-Patient |

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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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She waited outside the palace gates until the procession of ambassadors arrived and then followed them in with a loud croak

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e2:o1:1
# text = She waited outside the palace gates until the procession of ambassadors arrived and then followed them in with a loud croak
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	croak	croak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | She |  |  | the palace gates |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside gate=Location |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | the procession of ambassadors |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **follow in** | past | She *not said here* | ambassadors *= ambassador* |  |  | then | with a loud croak | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **proceed** |  | ambassadors |  |  |  |  |  | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She tricked the sentries into opening the great palace gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e2:o2:1
# text = She tricked the sentries into opening the great palace gate
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sentries	sentry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | She | the sentries |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentry=Patient |
| 2 | **open** | gerund | She *not said here* | the great palace gate |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She leapt across the courtyard, slipped past the sentries, and forced the chamberlain to lead her into the Hall before the feast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e2:o3:1
# text = She leapt across the courtyard, slipped past the sentries, and forced the chamberlain to lead her into the Hall before the feast
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leapt	leapt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	past	past	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sentries	sentry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	forced	force	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	into	into	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	before	before	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leapt** | past | She |  |  | the courtyard |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **slip** | past |  |  |  |  |  | past the sentries | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **force** | past | She *not said here* | the chamberlain |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **lead** | to-infinitive | the chamberlain *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the Hall | before the feast |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into hall=Destination |

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

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She compelled the guard to conduct her procession into the Hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e2:o4:1
# text = She compelled the guard to conduct her procession into the Hall
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	compelled	compel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	conduct	conduct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | past | She | the guard |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient |
| 2 | **conduct** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | her procession |  | the Hall |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent procession=Theme into hall=Destination |
| 3 | **proceed** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom procession «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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