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title: What was the motto inscribed upon the ruby heart sent to King Charmi… — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the motto inscribed upon the ruby heart sent to King Charming? Exam question 4 of lesson 1865 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, part 2: Fiordelisa is hidden away in a tower while the Prince visits» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 4 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, part 2: Fiordelisa is…

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What was the motto inscribed upon the ruby heart sent to King Charming?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** motto · **What happens:** be, inscribe, send · **To what, where:** motto, ruby heart, Charming

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1865 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, part 2: Fiordelisa is hidden away in a tower while the Prince visits» 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/1865-pg7277-part2/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e4:1
# text = What was the motto inscribed upon the ruby heart sent to King Charming?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	motto	motto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ruby	ruby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:desc	_	_
13	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the motto |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **inscribe** | participle |  | the motto *not said here* |  | the ruby heart |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon heart=Destination |
| 3 | **send** | participle |  | the ruby heart *not said here* | Charming  King |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to charming=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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Whoever holds me, holds my heart for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e4:o1:1
# text = Whoever holds me, holds my heart for ever
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | Whoever | me |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** | present | Whoever *not said here* | my heart |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Touch me not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e4:o2:1
# text = Touch me not
1	Touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | imperative | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wound me

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e4:o3:1
# text = Wound me
1	Wound	wound	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wound** | imperative | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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But one can wound me

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e4:o4:1
# text = But one can wound me
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wound	wound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wound** | can | one | me |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer |

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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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