--- title: What was the King's response upon beholding the emerald bracelets? — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fi… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the King's response upon beholding the emerald bracelets? Exam question 4 of lesson 1869 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is carried by doves, and sells the bracelets» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1869-pg7277-part6/e4/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1869-pg7277-part6/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is… What was the King's response upon beholding the emerald bracelets? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** response · **What happens:** be, behold · **To what, where:** emerald bracelets This is exam question 4 of lesson 1869 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is carried by doves, and sells the bracelets» 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/1869-pg7277-part6/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e4:1 # text = What was the King's response upon beholding the emerald bracelets? 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 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 7 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 beholding behold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 emerald emerald NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 bracelets bracelet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the King's response | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **behold** | gerund | the King's response *not said here* | the emerald bracelets | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bracelet=Stimulus | 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 frowned and shook his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e4:o1:1 # text = he frowned and shook his head 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 frowned frown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frown** | past | he | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **shake** | past | he *not said here* | his head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he turned pale and sighed deeply ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e4:o2:1 # text = he turned pale and sighed deeply 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | he | | | | | pale *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sigh** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | deeply *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} he laughed and clapped loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e4:o3:1 # text = he laughed and clapped loudly 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | he | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **clap** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he turned pale, trembled, and sighed deeply for a long time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e4:o4:1 # text = he turned pale, trembled, and sighed deeply for a long time 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 trembled tremble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | he | | | | | pale *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tremble** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sigh** | past | he *not said here* | | | | time | deeply *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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