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title: What did the Prince and the Master-maid resolve between themselves i… — Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Prince and the Master-maid resolve between themselves in the fourth chamber? Exam question 3 of lesson 1442 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29: the Prince learns tricks from the Master-maid and tames the fire horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29…

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What did the Prince and the Master-maid resolve between themselves in the fourth chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Prince, fourth chamber

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1442 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29: the Prince learns tricks from the Master-maid and tames the fire horse» 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/1442-pg503-part29/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e3:1
# text = What did the Prince and the Master-maid resolve between themselves in the fourth chamber?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	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	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	resolve	resolve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Prince |  | the fourth chamber |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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that they would marry and escape the giant's rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = that they would marry and escape the giant's rule
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | would | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **escape** | infinitive | they *not said here* | the giant's rule |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rule=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **rule** |  | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that they would wed one another and secretly flee the giant's house at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = that they would wed one another and secretly flee the giant's house at once
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	fixed	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	flee	flee	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wed** | would | they | one |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 2 | **flee** | present | they *not said here* | the giant's house |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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that they would hide in the stable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = that they would hide in the stable
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | would | they |  |  | the stable |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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that they would marry and escape the giant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = that they would marry and escape the giant
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | would | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **escape** | infinitive | they *not said here* | the giant |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme giant=Initial\_Location |

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