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title: What was the knight's response upon learning of the enchanted castle? — Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the F… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the knight's response upon learning of the enchanted castle? Exam question 4 of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 4 · Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic…

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What was the knight's response upon learning of the enchanted castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** response · **What happens:** be, enchant

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» 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/1262-pg3282-part63/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:e4:1
# text = What was the knight's response upon learning of the enchanted castle?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the knight's response upon learning of the enchanted castle |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He resolved to approach the castle the following morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:e4:o1:1
# text = He resolved to approach the castle the following morning
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	approach	approach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **approach** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the castle |  |  | morning |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was determined to ride to the enchanted castle at once, that very night, and face whatever awaited him inside its walls alone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:e4:o2:1
# text = He was determined to ride to the enchanted castle at once, that very night, and face whatever awaited him inside its walls alone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	determined	determined	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
14	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
20	awaited	await	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
25	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | determined *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ride** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | the enchanted castle | night |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory |
| 3 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **await** | past | face | him *= he* |  | face's walls |  | alone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hearing the warnings, he resolved to set off immediately for the enchanted castle, ignoring the advice of all the villagers who begged him to stay away

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:e4:o3:1
# text = Hearing the warnings, he resolved to set off immediately for the enchanted castle, ignoring the advice of all the villagers who begged him to stay away
1	Hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	22	det:predet	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
23	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	_	_
28	away	away	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund | he *not said here* | the warnings |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer warning=Stimulus |
| 2 | **resolve** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **set off** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the enchanted castle; immediately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **ignore** | gerund | he *not said here* | the advice of all villagers |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
| 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | all villagers |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 7 | **stay away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all villagers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He intended to ride to the castle with a troop of men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:e4:o4:1
# text = He intended to ride to the castle with a troop of men
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ride** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | the castle |  | with a troop of men | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory |

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