--- title: What instruction did the Queen give concerning the youth's obedience… — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics description: What instruction did the Queen give concerning the youth's obedience to his parents? Exam question 4 of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» of the books course of Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1545-pg540-part42/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, East of…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1545-pg540-part42/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of… What instruction did the Queen give concerning the youth's obedience to his parents? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instruction, Queen, youth · **What happens:** do, give, concern, obey · **To what, where:** obedience This is exam question 4 of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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/1545-pg540-part42/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:e4:1 # text = What instruction did the Queen give concerning the youth's obedience to his parents? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 instruction instruction 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 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 obedience obedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what instruction | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | the Queen | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the Queen *not said here* | the youth's obedience | | | | to instruction's parents | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus obedience=Experiencer | | 4 | **obey** | | the youth | | | | | | nom obedience «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} He was to obey his father but not his mother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:e4:o1:1 # text = He was to obey his father but not his mother 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | obey *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He had to fight the Trolls at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:e4:o2:1 # text = He had to fight the Trolls at night 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Trolls troll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the Trolls | | | night | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troll=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was to obey his father ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:e4:o3:1 # text = He was to obey his father 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | obey *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He had to be quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:e4:o4:1 # text = He had to be quiet 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | **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. 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