--- title: In formal terms, what did the knight swear regarding his own rest? — Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: t… · tree and pragmatics description: In formal terms, what did the knight swear regarding his own rest? Exam question 3 of lesson 1263 «Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1263-pg3282-part64/e3/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1263-pg3282-part64/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the cas… In formal terms, what did the knight swear regarding his own rest? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** knight · **What happens:** swear, regard · **To what, where:** formal terms This is exam question 3 of lesson 1263 «Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle» 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/1263-pg3282-part64/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e3:1 # text = In formal terms, what did the knight swear regarding his own rest? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 formal formal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | past · do-support | the knight | | | formal terms | | regard knight's own rest | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He would not sleep in a bed while his work remained ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e3:o1:1 # text = He would not sleep in a bed while his work remained 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sleep** | would | He | | | a bed | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 2 | **remain** | past | his work | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **work** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He would not eat or drink ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e3:o2:1 # text = He would not eat or drink 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **eat** | would | He | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drink** | infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He would not rest until the witch was defeated ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e3:o3:1 # text = He would not rest until the witch was defeated 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 defeated defeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **rest** | would | He | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **defeat** | past · passive | | the witch | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He would not sleep at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e3:o4:1 # text = He would not sleep at all 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sleep** | would | He | | | all | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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