--- title: To whom did the dying King entrust the broken pieces of his sword? — Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, p… · tree and pragmatics description: To whom did the dying King entrust the broken pieces of his sword? Exam question 4 of lesson 1583 «Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, part 80: the Musician's last trick, then Sigurd's birth and Regin's tale of the gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1583-pg540-part80/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/) / [Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1583-pg540-part80/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, part 80: the Musician… To whom did the dying King entrust the broken pieces of his sword? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dying King · **What happens:** die, entrust, break This is exam question 4 of lesson 1583 «Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, part 80: the Musician's last trick, then Sigurd's birth and Regin's tale of the gold» 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/1583-pg540-part80/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e4:1 # text = To whom did the dying King entrust the broken pieces of his sword? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 entrust entrust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **entrust** | past · do-support | the dying King | | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: 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 {#o1} his son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e4:o1:1 # text = his son 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} his young wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e4:o2:1 # text = his young wife 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} his trusted maid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e4:o3:1 # text = his trusted maid 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} his wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e4:o4:1 # text = his wife 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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