--- title: What did the dragon's horse advise the dragon regarding the fugitives? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the dragon's horse advise the dragon regarding the fugitives? Exam question 2 of lesson 1761 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is taken prisoner and his queen sets out disguised as a boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1761-pg641-part12/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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1761-pg641-part12/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is take… What did the dragon's horse advise the dragon regarding the fugitives? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, regard · **To what, where:** horse advise This is exam question 2 of lesson 1761 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is taken prisoner and his queen sets out disguised as a boy» 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/1761-pg641-part12/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:e2:1 # text = What did the dragon's horse advise the dragon regarding the fugitives? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 advise advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 10 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fugitives fugitive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the dragon's horse advise | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} that they had flown too far across the sea to be caught at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:e2:o1:1 # text = that they had flown too far across the sea to be caught at all 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 flown fly VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 across across ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past · perfect · passive | | they | | the sea | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme across sea=Trajectory | | 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: at all=Asset | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} that they could never be caught ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:e2:o2:1 # text = that they could never be caught 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **catch** | could · passive | | they | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} that they would be caught soon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:e2:o3:1 # text = that they would be caught soon 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | would · passive | | they | | | | soon *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} that the fugitives could never be caught by anyone in the kingdom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:e2:o4:1 # text = that the fugitives could never be caught by anyone in the kingdom 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fugitives fugitive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **catch** | could · passive | anyone | the fugitives | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | **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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