--- title: By what means did the King and the Prince communicate, in view of th… — Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26:… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the King and the Prince communicate, in view of the King's loss of speech? Exam question 2 of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1889-pg7277-part26/e2/) [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 Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1889-pg7277-part26/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, Ki… By what means did the King and the Prince communicate, in view of the King's loss of speech? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** mean, communicate, view · **To what, where:** view, loss This is exam question 2 of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» 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/1889-pg7277-part26/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e2:1 # text = By what means did the King and the Prince communicate, in view of the King's loss of speech? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 communicate communicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 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 | **communicate** | past · do-support | the King and the Prince | view of the King's loss of speech | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Topic | | 3 | **view** | | | the King's loss of speech | | | | | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} by sending a page with notes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e2:o1:1 # text = by sending a page with notes 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | gerund | | a page | | | | with notes | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} by letter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e2:o2:1 # text = by letter 1 by by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} by writing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e2:o3:1 # text = by writing 1 by by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} by means of written correspondence ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e2:o4:1 # text = by means of written correspondence 1 by by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 correspondence correspondence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of written correspondence | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «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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