--- title: Upon whose report did the king grant the princess's hand to the slave? — Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38:… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon whose report did the king grant the princess's hand to the slave? Exam question 1 of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» 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/1649-pg5615-part38/e1/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1649-pg5615-part38/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steal… Upon whose report did the king grant the princess's hand to the slave? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** do, grant · **To what, where:** hand, slave This is exam question 1 of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» 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/1649-pg5615-part38/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e1:1 # text = Upon whose report did the king grant the princess's hand to the slave? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 report report 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 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 grant grant VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | upon report | tree rules | | 2 | **grant** | present | the king | the princess's hand | | | | to the slave *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to slave=Goal | 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} Upon the false testimony of the grieving princess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e1:o1:1 # text = Upon the false testimony of the grieving princess 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 testimony testimony NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 grieving grieve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **testify** | | the grieving princess | | | | | | nom testimony «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} On his word alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e1:o2:1 # text = On his word alone 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **word** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Upon the slave's sworn claim of a second battle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e1:o3:1 # text = Upon the slave's sworn claim of a second battle 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **claim** | | the slave | a second battle | | | | | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Upon the slave's false report of the serpent's death ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e1:o4:1 # text = Upon the slave's false report of the serpent's death 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **report** | | the slave | the serpent's death | | | | | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 2 | **die** | | the serpent | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | **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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