--- title: By what means does the emperor first claim Laptitza as his bride? — Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with t… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means does the emperor first claim Laptitza as his bride? Exam question 3 of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1801-pg641-part52/e3/) [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/) / [Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1801-pg641-part52/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, par… By what means does the emperor first claim Laptitza as his bride? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do · **To what, where:** emperor first claim · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» 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/1801-pg641-part52/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e3:1 # text = By what means does the emperor first claim Laptitza as his bride? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 Laptitza Laptitza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | present | | the emperor first claim | | | | as Laptitza's bride | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality | 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} By lifting her onto his horse and riding away with her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e3:o1:1 # text = By lifting her onto his horse and riding away with her 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 onto onto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | onto his horse and riding; with her *= she*; away *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent her=Theme onto horse=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} By sending gold to her house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e3:o2:1 # text = By sending gold to her house 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | gerund | | gold | | her house | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme to house=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} By asking her father for her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e3:o3:1 # text = By asking her father for her 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | her father | | | for her *= she* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} By lifting her onto his horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e3:o4:1 # text = By lifting her onto his horse 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 onto onto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | onto his horse | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent her=Theme onto horse=Destination | **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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