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title: With reference to the text, by what means did the Princess and the K… — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the text, by what means did the Princess and the King of the Sheep travel to the cavern? Exam question 1 of lesson 1465 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 1 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Mira…

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With reference to the text, by what means did the Princess and the King of the Sheep travel to the cavern?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do · **To what, where:** Princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1465 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story» 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/1465-pg503-part52/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e1:1
# text = With reference to the text, by what means did the Princess and the King of the Sheep travel to the cavern?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Sheep	Sheep	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	cavern	cavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the text | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the Princess and the King of the Sheep travel to the cavern |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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In a cart drawn by two horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e1:o1:1
# text = In a cart drawn by two horses
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a cart *not said here* |  |  |  | by two horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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In a pumpkin lined with velvet, drawn by six goats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e1:o2:1
# text = In a pumpkin lined with velvet, drawn by six goats
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pumpkin	pumpkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	lined	line	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **line** | participle |  | a pumpkin *not said here* |  |  |  | with velvet | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with velvet=Theme |
| 2 | **draw** | participle |  | a pumpkin *not said here* |  |  |  | by six goats | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By a pumpkin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e1:o3:1
# text = By a pumpkin
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pumpkin	pumpkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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On foot across a silver river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e1:o4:1
# text = On foot across a silver river
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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