--- title: What action did the monarch refrain from taking against the transgre… — Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What action did the monarch refrain from taking against the transgressor at the well? Exam question 3 of lesson 1840 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1840-pg7128-part24/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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1840-pg7128-part24/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks… What action did the monarch refrain from taking against the transgressor at the well? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** do, take · **To what, where:** monarch refrain, well This is exam question 3 of lesson 1840 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well» 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/1840-pg7128-part24/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e3:1 # text = What action did the monarch refrain from taking against the transgressor at the well? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 refrain refrain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 from from SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 transgressor transgressor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | action | the monarch refrain | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | gerund | action *not said here* | | | the well | | against the transgressor | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against transgressor=Destination | 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} he gave him a gift of gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e3:o1:1 # text = he gave him a gift of gold 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | he | a gift of gold | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gift=Theme | | 2 | **gift** | | | gold | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} he sent him to the prison ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e3:o2:1 # text = he sent him to the prison 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | he | him *= he* | | the prison | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to prison=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} he refrained from arresting him at the well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e3:o3:1 # text = he refrained from arresting him at the well 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refrained refrain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 arresting arrest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refrain** | past | he | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **arrest** | gerund | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | the well | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he refrained from arrest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e3:o4:1 # text = he refrained from arrest 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refrained refrain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 arrest arrest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refrain** | past | he | | | arrest | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from arrest=Eventuality | **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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