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title: By which conveyance did the King and Turritella travel to the castle… — The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: By which conveyance did the King and Turritella travel to the castle of the Fairy Mazilla? Exam question 3 of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 3 · The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked,…

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By which conveyance did the King and Turritella travel to the castle of the Fairy Mazilla?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** King travel

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» 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/1866-pg7277-part3/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e3:1
# text = By which conveyance did the King and Turritella travel to the castle of the Fairy Mazilla?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Mazilla	Mazilla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the King travel |  |  |  | by which conveyance; to the castle of the Fairy Mazilla | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent travel=Eventuality |

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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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A royal chariot pulled by many flying frogs and lit with the lamps of the Fairy

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e3:o1:1
# text = A royal chariot pulled by many flying frogs and lit with the lamps of the Fairy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle · passive | many flying frogs | a royal chariot |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **lit** | participle | many flying frogs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the lamps of the Fairy | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A silver sledge drawn by swans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e3:o2:1
# text = A silver sledge drawn by swans
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sledge	sledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a silver sledge *not said here* |  |  |  | by swans | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A large golden chariot drawn by a team of flying frogs with silver harnesses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e3:o3:1
# text = A large golden chariot drawn by a team of flying frogs with silver harnesses
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	harnesses	harness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a large golden chariot *not said here* |  |  |  | by a team of flying frogs with silver harnesses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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A chariot drawn by flying frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e3:o4:1
# text = A chariot drawn by flying frogs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a chariot *not said here* |  |  |  | by flying frogs | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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