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title: Which gift did the King request that the Princess bestow upon Prince… — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which gift did the King request that the Princess bestow upon Prince Mannikin? Exam question 1 of lesson 1893 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart from the Ice Palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 1 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart…

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Which gift did the King request that the Princess bestow upon Prince Mannikin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gift, Princess · **What happens:** do, bestow · **To what, where:** King request

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1893 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart from the Ice Palace» 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/1893-pg7277-part30/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:e1:1
# text = Which gift did the King request that the Princess bestow upon Prince Mannikin?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	bestow	bestow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:desc	_	_
13	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which gift | the King request |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality |
| 2 | **bestow** | present | the Princess | the King request *not said here* |  |  |  | upon Mannikin  Prince | tree rules |

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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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Her mantle of marten's fur and her golden crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:e1:o1:1
# text = Her mantle of marten's fur and her golden crown
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	marten	marten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** |  | marten |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Her cloak of sable silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:e1:o2:1
# text = Her cloak of sable silk
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	sable	sable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her mantle of marten's fur embroidered with silver thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:e1:o3:1
# text = Her mantle of marten's fur embroidered with silver thread
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	marten	marten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embroider** | participle | Her mantle of marten's fur |  |  |  |  | with silver thread | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with thread=Theme |

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

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Her mantle of marten's fur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:e1:o4:1
# text = Her mantle of marten's fur
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	marten	marten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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