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title: To which place did the Princess retire alone before the procession d… — Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percin… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which place did the Princess retire alone before the procession departed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duc…

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To which place did the Princess retire alone before the procession departed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** retire, depart

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» 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/1541-pg540-part38/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e4:1
# text = To which place did the Princess retire alone before the procession departed?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	retire	retire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retire** | past · do-support | the Princess |  |  |  | before the procession | to which place; alone *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **depart** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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a little wood with a mossy bank beside a clear stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e4:o1:1
# text = a little wood with a mossy bank beside a clear stream
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mossy	mossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a quiet glade near the lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e4:o2:1
# text = a quiet glade near the lake
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	glade	glade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the royal gardens behind the palace where the roses grew wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e4:o3:1
# text = the royal gardens behind the palace where the roses grew wild
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the royal gardens |  |  | the palace |  | wild *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind palace=Location |

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

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a little wood with a mossy bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e4:o4:1
# text = a little wood with a mossy bank
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mossy	mossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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