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title: To what did the monkey's pursuit of the Prince finally bind him, acc… — Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26:… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what did the monkey's pursuit of the Prince finally bind him, according to the narrative? Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, Ki…

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To what did the monkey's pursuit of the Prince finally bind him, according to the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrative, monkey · **What happens:** do, bind, accord, pursue · **To what, where:** pursuit, monkey, Prince

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e4:1
# text = To what did the monkey's pursuit of the Prince finally bind him, according to the narrative?
1	To	to	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	bind	bind	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
15	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	case	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the narrative | the monkey's pursuit of the Prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pursuit=Eventuality |
| 2 | **bind** | present | the narrative *not said here* | monkey |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pursue** |  | the monkey | the Prince |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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a pledge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e4:o1:1
# text = a pledge
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pledge	pledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a vow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e4:o2:1
# text = a vow
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a solemn oath to obey it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e4:o3:1
# text = a solemn oath to obey it
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | to-infinitive |  | oath |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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a promise to follow it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e4:o4:1
# text = a promise to follow it
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | to-infinitive |  | promise |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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