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title: What action did the Prince of the Air take in order to obtain Rosalie? — Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What action did the Prince of the Air take in order to obtain Rosalie? Exam question 1 of lesson 1696 «Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem for Rosalie» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem…

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What action did the Prince of the Air take in order to obtain Rosalie?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Prince · **What happens:** do, take in, obtain · **To what, where:** order, Rosalie

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1696 «Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem for Rosalie» 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/1696-pg640-part20/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e1:1
# text = What action did the Prince of the Air take in order to obtain Rosalie?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Air	Air	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
14	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | action |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take in** | present | the Prince of the Air | order |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 3 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | the Prince of the Air *not said here* | Rosalie |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rosalie=Theme |

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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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He caused her to be seized and conveyed to his palace in the clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e1:o1:1
# text = He caused her to be seized and conveyed to his palace in the clouds
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	seized	seize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | He |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition she=Patient |
| 2 | **seize** | to-infinitive · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **convey** | participle | He *not said here* |  | his palace in the clouds |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to palace=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He had his servant spirits carry her away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e1:o2:1
# text = He had his servant spirits carry her away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry away** | past | his servant spirits | her *= she* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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

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He caused her to be conveyed away by his attendant spirits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e1:o3:1
# text = He caused her to be conveyed away by his attendant spirits
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | He |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **convey away** | to-infinitive · passive | his attendant spirits |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He sent spirits to carry her off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e1:o4:1
# text = He sent spirits to carry her off
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | He | spirits |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme |
| 2 | **carry off** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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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