---
title: Which item did the prince select from the queen's offerings to carry… — Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which item did the prince select from the queen's offerings to carry his provisions during his journey? Exam question 1 of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» of the books course of Mova's primary
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1228-pg3282-part29/e1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1228-pg3282-part29/) / e1

# Exam question 1 · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which item did the prince select from the queen's offerings to carry his provisions during his journey?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** item, queen, prince · **What happens:** select, carry, offer, provide, journey · **To what, where:** offerings, provisions

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» 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/1228-pg3282-part29/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e1:1
# text = Which item did the prince select from the queen's offerings to carry his provisions during his journey?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	offerings	offering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	during	during	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | past · do-support | which item |  |  | the queen's offerings |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from offering=Source |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | which item *not said here* | prince's provisions |  |  | during prince's journey |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Theme |
| 3 | **offer** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **provide** |  | prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 5 | **journey** |  | prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A woven straw basket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e1:o1:1
# text = A woven straw basket
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A velvet silk purse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e1:o2:1
# text = A velvet silk purse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A large embroidered leather satchel with silver buckles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e1:o3:1
# text = A large embroidered leather satchel with silver buckles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	satchel	satchel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	buckles	buckle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embroider** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A leather knapsack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e1:o4:1
# text = A leather knapsack
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	knapsack	knapsack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince a…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1228-pg3282-part29/t12/)
- next →: [Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince a…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1228-pg3282-part29/e2/)
- ↑ back to [Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1228-pg3282-part29/)