--- title: What did the Bull instruct the princess to do with the detached leaf? — Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: t… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the Bull instruct the princess to do with the detached leaf? Exam question 3 of lesson 1548 «Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: the princess and the Bull flee, and she tears leaves in three magic woods» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1548-pg540-part45/e3/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1548-pg540-part45/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: the princess and the… What did the Bull instruct the princess to do with the detached leaf? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bull · **What happens:** instruct, do, detach · **To what, where:** princess This is exam question 3 of lesson 1548 «Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: the princess and the Bull flee, and she tears leaves in three magic woods» 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/1548-pg540-part45/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e3:1 # text = What did the Bull instruct the princess to do with the detached leaf? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 instruct instruct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 detached detach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the Bull | the princess | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the Bull *not said here* | the princess *not said here* | | | | with the detached leaf | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **detach** | participle | | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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} Keep it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e3:o1:1 # text = Keep it 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hide ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e3:o2:1 # text = Hide 1 Hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Eat it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e3:o3:1 # text = Eat it 1 Eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Keep it safe in her pocket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e3:o4:1 # text = Keep it safe in her pocket 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | her pocket | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Location | **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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