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title: By what means did the Swineherd reveal his true rank to the Princess? — Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Swineherd reveal his true rank to the Princess? Exam question 3 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 tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self…

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By what means did the Swineherd reveal his true rank to the Princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Swineherd · **What happens:** mean, reveal · **To what, where:** true rank, Princess

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e3:1
# text = By what means did the Swineherd reveal his true rank to the Princess?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
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	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **reveal** | past · do-support | the Swineherd | Swineherd's true rank | the Princess |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rank=Topic to princess=Recipient |

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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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by washing his face and changing into a splendid dress for the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e3:o1:1
# text = by washing his face and changing into a splendid dress for the feast
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | gerund |  | his face |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |
| 2 | **change** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into a splendid dress *result*; for the feast | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dress=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by washing and changing into splendid dress and speaking in a royal voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e3:o2:1
# text = by washing and changing into splendid dress and speaking in a royal voice
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **change** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into splendid dress *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dress=Result |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  | a royal voice |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by changing into a fine coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e3:o3:1
# text = by changing into a fine coat
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into a fine coat *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into coat=Result |

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

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by washing and changing into splendid dress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e3:o4:1
# text = by washing and changing into splendid dress
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **change** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into splendid dress *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dress=Result |

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