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title: Why did the king issue seal rings bearing separate impressions to hi… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince L… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the king issue seal rings bearing separate impressions to himself and his queen? Exam question 4 of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

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Why did the king issue seal rings bearing separate impressions to himself and his queen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** issue seal rings · **What happens:** do, bear · **To what, where:** issue seal rings, separate impressions, himself

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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/1665-pg5615-part54/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e4:1
# text = Why did the king issue seal rings bearing separate impressions to himself and his queen?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	issue	issue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
8	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	impressions	impression	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the issue seal rings |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Eventuality |
| 2 | **bear** | gerund | the issue seal rings *not said here* | separate impressions | himself *= he* |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impression=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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So that any letter sealed with his ring could be trusted by the royal council and the people

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e4:o1:1
# text = So that any letter sealed with his ring could be trusted by the royal council and the people
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  | any letter *not said here* |  |  |  | with his ring | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with ring=Instrument |
| 2 | **trust** | could · passive | the royal council and the people | any letter |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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So they could sign documents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e4:o2:1
# text = So they could sign documents
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sign	sign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	documents	document	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | could | they | documents |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent document=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That they might correspond in confidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e4:o3:1
# text = That they might correspond in confidence
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	correspond	correspond	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correspond** | might | That |  |  | confidence |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That they might correspond with each other in complete confidence while he was away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e4:o4:1
# text = That they might correspond with each other in complete confidence while he was away
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	correspond	correspond	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	4	obl	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correspond** | might | That |  |  | complete confidence |  | with each | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with each=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |

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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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