--- title: What penalty did the King specify should the youth fail to rescue th… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Dapplegr… · tree and pragmatics description: What penalty did the King specify should the youth fail to rescue the Princess? Exam question 3 of lesson 1560 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Dapplegrim, part 2: the youth wins a huge dappled horse and rides to the King's palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1560-pg540-part57/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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, Dapplegr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1560-pg540-part57/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Dapplegrim, part 2: the yout… What penalty did the King specify should the youth fail to rescue the Princess? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** penalty, youth · **What happens:** do, fail, not rescue · **To what, where:** King specify, Princess This is exam question 3 of lesson 1560 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Dapplegrim, part 2: the youth wins a huge dappled horse and rides to the King's palace» 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/1560-pg540-part57/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1560-pg540-part57:e3:1 # text = What penalty did the King specify should the youth fail to rescue the Princess? 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 6 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 specify specify NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 youth youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fail fail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | penalty | the King specify | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fail** | should | the youth | the King specify *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **rescue** | to-infinitive | the youth *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | 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} Execution ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1560-pg540-part57:e3:o1:1 # text = Execution 1 Execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Banishment ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1560-pg540-part57:e3:o2:1 # text = Banishment 1 Banishment banishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Execution by hanging in the public square ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1560-pg540-part57:e3:o3:1 # text = Execution by hanging in the public square 1 Execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 by by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | Execution *not said here* | | | the public square | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Execution by hanging in the public square before the whole kingdom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1560-pg540-part57:e3:o4:1 # text = Execution by hanging in the public square before the whole kingdom 1 Execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 by by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | Execution *not said here* | | | the public square | before the whole kingdom | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=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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