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title: On what ground did the King consent to surrender the penalty of his… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod a… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what ground did the King consent to surrender the penalty of his daughter to the Queen? Exam question 4 of lesson 1745 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69: the Queen's spells, the Giant's trick and Olof's warning» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69:…

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On what ground did the King consent to surrender the penalty of his daughter to the Queen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, surrender · **To what, where:** King consent, ground, penalty, Queen

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1745 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69: the Queen's spells, the Giant's trick and Olof's warning» 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/1745-pg640-part69/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e4:1
# text = On what ground did the King consent to surrender the penalty of his daughter to the Queen?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	King	king	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the King consent |  | ground |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **surrender** | to-infinitive |  | the penalty of his daughter | the Queen |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme to queen=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 {#o1}

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To spare his daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e4:o1:1
# text = To spare his daughter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spare	spare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | to-infinitive |  | his daughter |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent daughter=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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For peace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e4:o2:1
# text = For peace
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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So that he might be spared from punishing his own daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e4:o3:1
# text = So that he might be spared from punishing his own daughter
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	punishing	punish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | might · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **punish** | gerund |  | his own daughter |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Because the Queen begged him to do it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e4:o4:1
# text = Because the Queen begged him to do it
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Queen |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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