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title: In what manner does the Prince respond to the words of his former tu… — Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner does the Prince respond to the words of his former tutor Suliman? Exam question 3 of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…

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In what manner does the Prince respond to the words of his former tutor Suliman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, word · **To what, where:** Prince respond, manner, former tutor

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» 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/1479-pg503-part66/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e3:1
# text = In what manner does the Prince respond to the words of his former tutor Suliman?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	respond	respond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	tutor	tutor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	Suliman	Suliman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the Prince respond |  | what manner |  | to the words of his former tutor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | his former tutor |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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With sincere remorse and a softening of his anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e3:o1:1
# text = With sincere remorse and a softening of his anger
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	remorse	remorse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	softening	softening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soften** |  |  | his anger |  |  |  |  | nom softening «process transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **anger** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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With bitter pride and a proud refusal to listen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e3:o2:1
# text = With bitter pride and a proud refusal to listen
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He sneers at the old man's words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e3:o3:1
# text = He sneers at the old man's words
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sneers	sneer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneer** | present | He |  |  | the old man's words |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **word** |  | the old man |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He breaks down in tears and begs Suliman to forgive him for everything he did

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e3:o4:1
# text = He breaks down in tears and begs Suliman to forgive him for everything he did
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	begs	beg	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	Suliman	Suliman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break down** | present | He |  |  | tears |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | He *not said here* |  | Suliman |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent suliman=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **forgive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | Suliman |  |  |  | for everything | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for everything=Attribute |
| 4 | **do** | past | Suliman |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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