--- title: What was the king's stated consequence should the brothers fail to p… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Esben an… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the king's stated consequence should the brothers fail to procure the coverlet? Exam question 4 of lesson 1658 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Esben and the Witch, part 47: Esben steals the witch's lamp and is sent for a coverlet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1658-pg5615-part47/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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, Esben an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1658-pg5615-part47/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Esben and the Witch, part 47… What was the king's stated consequence should the brothers fail to procure the coverlet? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stated consequence, brothers · **What happens:** be, state, fail, not procure · **To what, where:** stated consequence, coverlet This is exam question 4 of lesson 1658 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Esben and the Witch, part 47: Esben steals the witch's lamp and is sent for a coverlet» 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/1658-pg5615-part47/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e4:1 # text = What was the king's stated consequence should the brothers fail to procure the coverlet? 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 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 fail fail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 coverlet coverlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the king's stated consequence | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fail** | should | the brothers | the king's stated consequence *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **procure** | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* | the coverlet | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coverlet=Theme | 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} the loss of their land ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e4:o1:1 # text = the loss of their land 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the loss of their lives and all their father's wealth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e4:o2:1 # text = the loss of their lives and all their father's wealth 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the loss of their gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e4:o3:1 # text = the loss of their gold 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the loss of their lives ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e4:o4:1 # text = the loss of their lives 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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