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title: By whose agency was the Princess Rosette committed to the waters? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: By whose agency was the Princess Rosette committed to the waters? Exam question 1 of lesson 1526 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked nurse plans to swap her daughter for the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked n…

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By whose agency was the Princess Rosette committed to the waters?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess Rosette · **What happens:** be

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1526 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked nurse plans to swap her daughter for 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/1526-pg540-part23/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e1:1
# text = By whose agency was the Princess Rosette committed to the waters?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Rosette	Rosette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	committed	commit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Princess Rosette |  |  |  |  | by agency; to the waters; commit *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the nurse and the boatman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e1:o1:1
# text = the nurse and the boatman
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boatman	boatman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the boatman and the cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e1:o2:1
# text = the boatman and the cook
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boatman	boatman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the gaoler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e1:o3:1
# text = the gaoler
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the King's own guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e1:o4:1
# text = the King's own guards
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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