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title: Through whose consent did the prince obtain permission to marry the… — Fairy Book, The Wounded Lion, part 34:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Through whose consent did the prince obtain permission to marry the maiden? Exam question 4 of lesson 1645 «Fairy Book, The Wounded Lion, part 34: the sister wins the water of life, then a girl follows a wounded lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Wounded Lion, part 34: the sister wins the…

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Through whose consent did the prince obtain permission to marry the maiden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** do, obtain, marry · **To what, where:** consent, permission, maiden

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1645 «Fairy Book, The Wounded Lion, part 34: the sister wins the water of life, then a girl follows a wounded lion» 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/1645-pg5615-part34/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1645-pg5615-part34:e4:1
# text = Through whose consent did the prince obtain permission to marry the maiden?
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | consent |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **obtain** | present | the prince | permission |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme |
| 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the maiden |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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his parents' consent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1645-pg5615-part34:e4:o1:1
# text = his parents' consent
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consent** |  | his parents |  |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the queen's kind wish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1645-pg5615-part34:e4:o2:1
# text = the queen's kind wish
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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her father's word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1645-pg5615-part34:e4:o3:1
# text = her father's word
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **word** |  | her father |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the king's word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1645-pg5615-part34:e4:o4:1
# text = the king's word
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **word** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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