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title: Of what deceit is Rosimond falsely accused by his elder brother Bram… — Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what deceit is Rosimond falsely accused by his elder brother Bramintho? Exam question 2 of lesson 1894 «Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is cast out, gets a magic ring, and spies on the wicked King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is…

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Of what deceit is Rosimond falsely accused by his elder brother Bramintho?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elder brother · **What happens:** be, accuse · **To what, where:** deceit Rosimond

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1894 «Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is cast out, gets a magic ring, and spies on the wicked King» 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/1894-pg7277-part31/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:e2:1
# text = Of what deceit is Rosimond falsely accused by his elder brother Bramintho?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	falsely	falsely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	accused	accuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:agent	_	_
12	Bramintho	Bramintho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | deceit Rosimond |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **accuse** | participle · passive | Rosimond's elder brother | deceit Rosimond |  |  |  | falsely *property* | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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Theft of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:e2:o1:1
# text = Theft of gold
1	Theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stealing the royal crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:e2:o2:1
# text = Stealing the royal crown
1	Stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund |  | the royal crown |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crown=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lying about a feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:e2:o3:1
# text = Lying about a feast
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about a feast | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about feast=Location |

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

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Plotting to poison their father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1894-pg7277-part31:e2:o4:1
# text = Plotting to poison their father
1	Plotting	plot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	poison	poison	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plot** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **poison** | to-infinitive |  | their father |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient |

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