--- title: To whom does the shoemaker first address his remark concerning the p… — Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beaut… · tree and pragmatics description: To whom does the shoemaker first address his remark concerning the pigs in the sea? Exam question 4 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1640-pg5615-part29/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/) / [Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beaut…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1640-pg5615-part29/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: t… To whom does the shoemaker first address his remark concerning the pigs in the sea? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shoemaker, remark · **What happens:** address, concern, remark · **To what, where:** remark, pigs, sea This is exam question 4 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» 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/1640-pg5615-part29/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e4:1 # text = To whom does the shoemaker first address his remark concerning the pigs in the sea? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shoemaker shoemaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ 7 address address VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 remark remark NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | present · do-support | the shoemaker | shoemaker's remark | | | | first *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Destination | | 2 | **concern** | gerund | shoemaker's remark *not said here* | the pigs | | the sea | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pig=Experiencer | | 3 | **remark** | | shoemaker | | | | | | nom remark «communication 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 {#o1} To the robbers who were returning from the sea shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e4:o1:1 # text = To the robbers who were returning from the sea shore 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past · progressive | the robbers | | | the sea shore | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from shore=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} To the captain's daughter at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e4:o2:1 # text = To the captain's daughter at home 1 To to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To the robbers returning from the shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e4:o3:1 # text = To the robbers returning from the shore 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | gerund | the robbers *not said here* | | | the shore | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from shore=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} To the captain's daughter who had come to the shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e4:o4:1 # text = To the captain's daughter who had come to the shore 1 To to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | the captain's daughter | | | the shore | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to shore=Initial\_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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