--- title: By what means did the Invisible Prince conceal himself from the inha… — Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, par… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the Invisible Prince conceal himself from the inhabitants of the palace? Exam question 2 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1696-pg640-part20/e2/) [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 Tales, The Invisible Prince, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1696-pg640-part20/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem… By what means did the Invisible Prince conceal himself from the inhabitants of the palace? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Invisible Prince · **What happens:** mean, conceal · **To what, where:** Prince, inhabitants This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e2:1 # text = By what means did the Invisible Prince conceal himself from the inhabitants of the palace? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Invisible Invisible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 conceal conceal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **conceal** | past · do-support | the Invisible Prince | Prince | | the inhabitants of the palace | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from inhabitant=Beneficiary | 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} By wearing a cloak of shadows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e2:o1:1 # text = By wearing a cloak of shadows 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | gerund | | a cloak of shadows | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} By keeping a magic pebble in his mouth and hiding in the far corners ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e2:o2:1 # text = By keeping a magic pebble in his mouth and hiding in the far corners 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 in in 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 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | gerund | | a magic pebble | | his mouth | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme in mouth=Location | | 2 | **hide** | gerund | | | | the far corners | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By keeping the magic pebble within his mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e2:o3:1 # text = By keeping the magic pebble within his mouth 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 within within 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 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | gerund | | the magic pebble | | | | within his mouth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} By hiding in the dark corners ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e2:o4:1 # text = By hiding in the dark corners 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | gerund | | | | the dark corners | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | **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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