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title: By what manner did the verses reach the Princess? — Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what manner did the verses reach the Princess? Exam question 4 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's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem…

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By what manner did the verses reach the Princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manner, verses · **What happens:** do, reach · **To what, where:** Princess

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e4:1
# text = By what manner did the verses reach the Princess?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reach	reach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | manner |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reach** | present | the verses | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent princess=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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They were written by a pen that moved on its own without any visible hand near it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e4:o1:1
# text = They were written by a pen that moved on its own without any visible hand near it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
12	without	without	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
14	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	near	near	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | by a pen | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | past | a pen |  |  | pen's own |  | without any visible hand; near hand | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme on own=Source near it=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They were inscribed by a pen moving without visible agency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e4:o2:1
# text = They were inscribed by a pen moving without visible agency
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inscribe** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | by a pen | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme by pen=Destination |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | a pen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without visible agency | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Written by a pen with no hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e4:o3:1
# text = Written by a pen with no hand
1	Written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a pen; with no hand | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By a pen that was secretly guided by an invisible prince standing behind her chair

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1696-pg640-part20:e4:o4:1
# text = By a pen that was secretly guided by an invisible prince standing behind her chair
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	guided	guide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guide** | past · passive | a invisible prince | a pen |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | a invisible prince *not said here* |  |  | her chair |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind chair=Location |

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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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