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title: In which manner did the lion instruct the prince to summon transform… — Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince a… · tree and pragmatics
description: In which manner did the lion instruct the prince to summon transformation upon need? Exam question 3 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, with the d
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# Exam question 3 · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part…

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In which manner did the lion instruct the prince to summon transformation upon need?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lion · **What happens:** do, instruct, summon · **To what, where:** manner, prince, transformation

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e3:1
# text = In which manner did the lion instruct the prince to summon transformation upon need?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	instruct	instruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | which manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | infinitive | the lion |  | the prince |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient |
| 3 | **summon** | to-infinitive | the lion *not said here* | transformation |  |  |  | upon need | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transformation=Recipient |

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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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By rubbing the lion's ear and wishing hard for the change to happen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = By rubbing the lion's ear and wishing hard for the change to happen
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | gerund |  | the lion's ear |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for the change; hard *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for change=Theme |
| 3 | **happen** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By wishing himself a lion, the lion said, whenever danger came near him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = By wishing himself a lion, the lion said, whenever danger came near him
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
12	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | gerund | the lion *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **come** | past | danger |  |  |  |  | near lion; whenever *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By rubbing the lion's paw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = By rubbing the lion's paw
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | gerund |  | the lion's paw |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paw=Theme |

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

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By wishing himself a lion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = By wishing himself a lion
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | gerund |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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