--- title: What was the princess required to offer the serpent each morning acc… — Red Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the princess required to offer the serpent each morning according to the account? Exam question 3 of lesson 1648 «Red Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 37: a bird, a boar, and a seven-headed serpent» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1648-pg5615-part37/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/) / [Red Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1648-pg5615-part37/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Red Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 37: a bird, a boar,… What was the princess required to offer the serpent each morning according to the account? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** be, require, offer, accord · **To what, where:** princess, serpent This is exam question 3 of lesson 1648 «Red Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 37: a bird, a boar, and a seven-headed serpent» 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/1648-pg5615-part37/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e3:1 # text = What was the princess required to offer the serpent each morning according to the account? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 case _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **require** | participle | | the princess *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 3 | **offer** | to-infinitive | | the serpent | | | morning | accord the account | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent serpent=Theme | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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} A calf for lunch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e3:o1:1 # text = A calf for lunch 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A girl each week ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e3:o2:1 # text = A girl each week 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A man for breakfast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e3:o3:1 # text = A man for breakfast 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A goat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e3:o4:1 # text = A goat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goat goat 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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