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title: How did the governor respond upon receiving the king's instruction? — Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the governor respond upon receiving the king's instruction? Exam question 4 of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 4 · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How did the governor respond upon receiving the king's instruction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** do, receive, instruct · **To what, where:** governor respond, instruction

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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/1255-pg3282-part56/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e4:1
# text = How did the governor respond upon receiving the king's instruction?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	respond	respond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the governor respond |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality |
| 2 | **receive** | gerund |  | the king's instruction |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme |
| 3 | **instruct** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 agreed to the wedding at once but insisted that the king himself must attend the ceremony personally

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e4:o1:1
# text = He agreed to the wedding at once but insisted that the king himself must attend the ceremony personally
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	insisted	insist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
14	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | He |  |  |  |  | to the wedding | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **attend** | must | the king  king | the ceremony |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ceremony=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He demanded written proof from the king first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e4:o2:1
# text = He demanded written proof from the king first
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	proof	proof	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	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | He | written proof |  |  |  | from the king; first *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme proof=Precondition from king=Source |
| 2 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He ordered the marriage to proceed that evening and sent guards to watch the gates all night

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e4:o3:1
# text = He ordered the marriage to proceed that evening and sent guards to watch the gates all night
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	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	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | He | the marriage |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent marriage=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **proceed** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the marriage *not said here* |  |  |  | evening |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **send** | past | He *not said here* | guards |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme |
| 4 | **watch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the gates |  |  | night |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He ordered the marriage to proceed that evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e4:o4:1
# text = He ordered the marriage to proceed that evening
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	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	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | He | the marriage |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent marriage=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **proceed** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the marriage *not said here* |  |  |  | evening |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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