--- title: In what circumstances did the Emperor's daughter reject the rose-tre… — Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part… · tree and pragmatics description: In what circumstances did the Emperor's daughter reject the rose-tree gift presented to her by the impoverished Prince? Exam question 2 of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» of the books course of Mova's primary sch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1733-pg640-part57/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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1733-pg640-part57/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is… In what circumstances did the Emperor's daughter reject the rose-tree gift presented to her by the impoverished Prince? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** circumstances, daughter · **What happens:** do, reject, present, impoverish · **To what, where:** rose tree gift, daughter This is exam question 2 of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» 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/1733-pg640-part57/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e2:1 # text = In what circumstances did the Emperor's daughter reject the rose-tree gift presented to her by the impoverished Prince? 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 reject reject VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 15 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 impoverished impoverish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | circumstances | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **reject** | present | the Emperor's daughter | the rose tree gift | | | | | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 3 | **present** | participle | | the rose tree gift *not said here* | daughter | | | by the impoverished Prince | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 4 | **impoverish** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} When it was fake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e2:o1:1 # text = When it was fake 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 fake fake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | fake *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Never at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e2:o2:1 # text = Never at all 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} When she perceived it to be artificial ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e2:o3:1 # text = When she perceived it to be artificial 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | she | it | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | artificial *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Once she saw it was not truly alive ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e2:o4:1 # text = Once she saw it was not truly alive 1 Once once SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 truly truly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | she | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | it | | | | | alive, truly *property* | tree rules | **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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