--- title: By what means did the vizier's son proceed upon his journey? — Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the vizier's son proceed upon his journey? Exam question 3 of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/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/) / [Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que… By what means did the vizier's son proceed upon his journey? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** son · **What happens:** mean, proceed, journey This is exam question 3 of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» 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/1849-pg7128-part33/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e3:1 # text = By what means did the vizier's son proceed upon his journey? 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 9 advcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 upon upon 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 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 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 | | 2 | **proceed** | past · do-support | the vizier's son | | | | | upon son's journey | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **journey** | | son | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Along whichever road his father had once warned him against taking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e3:o1:1 # text = Along whichever road his father had once warned him against taking 1 Along along ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 whichever whichever DET WDT PronType=Rel 3 det _ _ 3 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 8 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 against against SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | his father | whichever road *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | | | father | | | along whichever road; once *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **take** | gerund | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Whithersoever Kismat might lead him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e3:o2:1 # text = Whithersoever Kismat might lead him 1 Whithersoever Whithersoever PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Kismat Kismat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | might | Whithersoever | him *= he* | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Along the river road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e3:o3:1 # text = Along the river road 1 Along along ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Straight to the palace gate where the king was waiting for news ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e3:o4:1 # text = Straight to the palace gate where the king was waiting for news 1 Straight straight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | the king | | | | | for news | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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