--- title: What sentence did the king pronounce upon the father who had buried… — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill… · tree and pragmatics description: What sentence did the king pronounce upon the father who had buried his daughter alive? Exam question 4 of lesson 1199 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a ring, the princess is walled up, and the hill-man dies under a stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1199-pg3027-part65/e4/) [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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1199-pg3027-part65/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a… What sentence did the king pronounce upon the father who had buried his daughter alive? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sentence, king · **What happens:** do, pronounce, bury · **To what, where:** father This is exam question 4 of lesson 1199 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a ring, the princess is walled up, and the hill-man dies under a stone» 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/1199-pg3027-part65/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:e4:1 # text = What sentence did the king pronounce upon the father who had buried his daughter alive? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 sentence sentence 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 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pronounce pronounce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | sentence | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pronounce** | present | the king | | | | | upon the father; alive *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bury** | past · perfect · passive | | the father | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme daughter=Destination | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Burn him alive and strew his ashes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:e4:o1:1 # text = Burn him alive and strew his ashes 1 Burn burn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 strew strew VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | alive *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **strew** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his ashes | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Drown him in the sea at dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:e4:o2:1 # text = Drown him in the sea at dawn 1 Drown drown VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the sea | dawn | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Bury him alive and forget him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:e4:o3:1 # text = Bury him alive and forget him 1 Bury bury VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 forget forget VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | alive *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hang him high ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:e4:o4:1 # text = Hang him high 1 Hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | high *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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