--- title: so did the queen actually promise her daughter to him? — The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwar… · tree and pragmatics description: so did the queen actually promise her daughter to him? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1421-pg503-part8/t6/) [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/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwar…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1421-pg503-part8/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud p… so did the queen actually promise her daughter to him? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** promise · **To what, where:** daughter This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1421-pg503-part8/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t6:1 # text = so did the queen actually promise her daughter to him? 1 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 actually actually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 promise promise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · do-support | | | her daughter | | | to him *= he* *goal*; actually *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to he=Goal | 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} nope, she promised him a lot of cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t6:o1:1 # text = nope, she promised him a lot of cake 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | she | a lot of cake | him *= he* | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, she promised to marry her off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t6:o2:1 # text = yeah, she promised to marry her off 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | she | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yeah, she promised to send a poem ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t6:o3:1 # text = yeah, she promised to send a poem 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | she | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | a poem | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, she just gave him gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t6:o4:1 # text = nah, she just gave him gold 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | she | gold | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=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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