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title: What was the principal consequence imposed upon the Princess and the… — Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal consequence imposed upon the Princess and the Swineherd by the Emperor? Exam question 2 of lesson 1734 «Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self and the Princess is sent away to sing outside» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self…

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What was the principal consequence imposed upon the Princess and the Swineherd by the Emperor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, impose · **To what, where:** principal consequence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1734 «Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self and the Princess is sent away to sing outside» 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/1734-pg640-part58/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e2:1
# text = What was the principal consequence imposed upon the Princess and the Swineherd by the Emperor?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal consequence and the Swineherd by the Emperor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **impose** | participle |  | the principal consequence and the Swineherd by the Emperor *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the Princess | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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banishment from the empire and all its lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e2:o1:1
# text = banishment from the empire and all its lands
1	banishment	banishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a fine of gold coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e2:o2:1
# text = a fine of gold coins
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fine	fine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fine** |  |  | gold coins |  |  |  |  | nom fine «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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imprisonment within the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e2:o3:1
# text = imprisonment within the palace
1	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	within	within	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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banishment from the empire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e2:o4:1
# text = banishment from the empire
1	banishment	banishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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