--- title: Which language did the snuff-box employ when addressing the youth? — Fairy Tales, The Snuff-Box, part 33: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Which language did the snuff-box employ when addressing the youth? Exam question 1 of lesson 1896 «Fairy Tales, The Snuff-Box, part 33: a poor youth loses his magic box and goes looking for it across the sky» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1896-pg7277-part33/e1/) [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 Snuff-Box, part 33: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1896-pg7277-part33/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Snuff-Box, part 33: a poor youth loses hi… Which language did the snuff-box employ when addressing the youth? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** language · **What happens:** do, address · **To what, where:** box employ, youth This is exam question 1 of lesson 1896 «Fairy Tales, The Snuff-Box, part 33: a poor youth loses his magic box and goes looking for it across the sky» 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/1896-pg7277-part33/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:e1:1 # text = Which language did the snuff-box employ when addressing the youth? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 language language 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 8 det _ _ 5 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 employ employ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which language | the box employ | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality | | 2 | **address** | gerund | which language *not said here* | the youth | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Destination | 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} The language of the Moon's own court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:e1:o1:1 # text = The language of the Moon's own court 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Spanish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:e1:o2:1 # text = Spanish 1 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Greek ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:e1:o3:1 # text = Greek 1 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Portuguese, as used at the royal court across the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:e1:o4:1 # text = Portuguese, as used at the royal court across the sea 1 Portuguese portuguese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 across across ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | | | the royal court across the sea | | | vn eat-39.1 «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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