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title: Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Prince's… — Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Prince's conduct at the moment of his rage against Celia? Exam question 1 of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» of the books course of Mo
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do…

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Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Prince's conduct at the moment of his rage against Celia?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** following, his · **What happens:** follow, be, regard, rage · **To what, where:** statements, Prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» 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/1478-pg503-part65/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Prince's conduct at the moment of his rage against Celia?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
8	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	against	against	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Celia	Celia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | statements |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **be** *speech: disagree* | present | following |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |
| 4 | **rage** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | against Celia | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent against=obl |

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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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He kept his promise to be good, but still resolved to force her to agree to marry him at once.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e1:o1:1
# text = He kept his promise to be good, but still resolved to force her to agree to marry him at once.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	force	force	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He | his promise |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his promise *not said here* |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **resolve** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **force** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 7 | **promise** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He decided to be kind to her after all.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e1:o2:1
# text = He decided to be kind to her after all.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  | her *= she* |  | after all | kind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He dropped his vow to behave well and chose to terrify her into accepting his proposal of marriage.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e1:o3:1
# text = He dropped his vow to behave well and chose to terrify her into accepting his proposal of marriage.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	behave	behave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	terrify	terrify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	accepting	accept	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | He | his vow |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme |
| 2 | **behave** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **choose** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **terrify** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
| 5 | **accept** | gerund | He *not said here* | his proposal of marriage |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme |
| 6 | **vow** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **propose** |  | marriage |  |  |  |  |  | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He abandoned his resolution to be good and resolved to frighten her into consenting to marry him.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e1:o4:1
# text = He abandoned his resolution to be good and resolved to frighten her into consenting to marry him.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	resolution	resolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	frighten	frighten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	consenting	consent	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | past | He | his resolution |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme resolution=Source |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **resolve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **frighten** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
| 5 | **consent** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 6 | **marry** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 7 | **resolve** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom resolution «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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