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title: On what grounds did the four Queens bind the eyes of the gardener's… — Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what grounds did the four Queens bind the eyes of the gardener's daughter before the birth? Exam question 2 of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden…

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On what grounds did the four Queens bind the eyes of the gardener's daughter before the birth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grounds, four Queens · **What happens:** do, bind · **To what, where:** eyes

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» 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/1844-pg7128-part28/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e2:1
# text = On what grounds did the four Queens bind the eyes of the gardener's daughter before the birth?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	Queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bind	bind	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | grounds |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bind** | present | the four Queens | the eyes of the gardener's daughter |  |  | before the birth |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Custom required it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = Custom required it
1	Custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	required	require	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | past | Custom | it |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To protect the baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = To protect the baby
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protect	protect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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For fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = For fun
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By order

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = By order
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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