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title: By what means does the company gain access to the Princess? — Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means does the company gain access to the Princess? Exam question 3 of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

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By what means does the company gain access to the Princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, gain · **To what, where:** company, access · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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/1482-pg503-part69/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e3:1
# text = By what means does the company gain access to the Princess?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	gain	gain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | present |  | the company |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **gain** | present |  | access |  |  |  | to the Princess *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient access=Extent to princess=Result |

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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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By an open invitation to a royal feast held in the palace hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e3:o1:1
# text = By an open invitation to a royal feast held in the palace hall
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | a royal feast *not said here* |  | the palace hall |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By a false trading voyage, with the King disguised as a merchant selling gold vessels, birds and beasts to the court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e3:o2:1
# text = By a false trading voyage, with the King disguised as a merchant selling gold vessels, birds and beasts to the court
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	trading	trading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
10	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | past |  |  |  |  |  | by a false trading voyage; with the King | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with king=Theme |
| 2 | **sell** | gerund | a merchant | gold vessels and birds and beasts | the court |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme to court=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By a feigned mercantile enterprise conducted with gold wares

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e3:o3:1
# text = By a feigned mercantile enterprise conducted with gold wares
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	mercantile	mercantile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	enterprise	enterprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	wares	ware	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conduct** | participle |  | a feigned mercantile enterprise *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold wares | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Through a ship's crew who knew her well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e3:o4:1
# text = Through a ship's crew who knew her well
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | a ship's crew | her *= she* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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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