--- title: What condition did the minister's son accept in order to be carried… — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What condition did the minister's son accept in order to be carried home? Exam question 4 of lesson 1415 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship turns black after the old man steals the ring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1415-pg503-part2/e4/) [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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1415-pg503-part2/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship… What condition did the minister's son accept in order to be carried home? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, accept, carry · **To what, where:** son This is exam question 4 of lesson 1415 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship turns black after the old man steals the ring» 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/1415-pg503-part2/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e4:1 # text = What condition did the minister's son accept in order to be carried home? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 accept accept VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 13 mark _ _ 10 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 fixed _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 14 home home ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what condition | the minister's son | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality | | 2 | **accept** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | 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} He asked for a boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e4:o1:1 # text = He asked for a boat 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He | | | | | for a boat | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He accepted it willingly after the King promised him gold and a ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e4:o2:1 # text = He accepted it willingly after the King promised him gold and a ship 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | past | He | it | | | | willingly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the King | gold and a ship | him *= he* | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal gold=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He begged for mercy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e4:o3:1 # text = He begged for mercy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He | | | | | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He accepted it willingly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e4:o4:1 # text = He accepted it willingly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | past | He | it | | | | willingly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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