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title: What penalty did the King of the Peacocks threaten to impose upon th… — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What penalty did the King of the Peacocks threaten to impose upon the two prisoners? Exam question 2 of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinne…

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What penalty did the King of the Peacocks threaten to impose upon the two prisoners?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** penalty, King · **What happens:** do, threaten, impose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real 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/1527-pg540-part24/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e2:1
# text = What penalty did the King of the Peacocks threaten to impose upon the two prisoners?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Peacocks	peacock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	threaten	threaten	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	impose	impose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | penalty |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **threaten** | present | the King of the Peacocks |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **impose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King of the Peacocks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon the two prisoners | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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being thrown into the sea to drown at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e2:o1:1
# text = being thrown into the sea to drown at once
1	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	drown	drown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | into the sea *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: into sea=Result |
| 2 | **drown** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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decapitation by sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e2:o2:1
# text = decapitation by sword
1	decapitation	decapitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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beheading by the royal executioner's axe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e2:o3:1
# text = beheading by the royal executioner's axe
1	beheading	behead	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	executioner	executioner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behead** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by the royal executioner's axe | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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burning at the stake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e2:o4:1
# text = burning at the stake
1	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stake	stake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  | the stake |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stake=Location |

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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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