--- title: By what means did the Prince ensure the Princess left her garment be… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jack My Hedgehog,… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the Prince ensure the Princess left her garment behind? Exam question 4 of lesson 1929 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jack My Hedgehog, part 66: the Prince outwits the Princess, and a hedgehog-boy rides a cock to the forest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1929-pg7277-part66/e4/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jack My Hedgehog,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1929-pg7277-part66/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jack My Hedgehog, part 66: the Prince… By what means did the Prince ensure the Princess left her garment behind? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince, Princess · **What happens:** mean, ensure, leave · **To what, where:** garment This is exam question 4 of lesson 1929 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jack My Hedgehog, part 66: the Prince outwits the Princess, and a hedgehog-boy rides a cock to the forest» 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/1929-pg7277-part66/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:e4:1 # text = By what means did the Prince ensure the Princess left her garment behind? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 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=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ensure ensure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 behind behind ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **ensure** | past · do-support | the Prince | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past | the Princess | Princess's garment | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme | 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} by tugging it free ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:e4:o1:1 # text = by tugging it free 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 tugging tug VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tug** | gerund | | it | | | | free *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} by tearing it off and throwing it away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:e4:o2:1 # text = by tearing it off and throwing it away 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 tearing tear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear off** | gerund | | it | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=Theme | | 2 | **throw away** | gerund | | it | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} by holding it firmly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:e4:o3:1 # text = by holding it firmly 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | gerund | | it | | | | firmly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} by holding it firmly while she begged him to let go ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1929-pg7277-part66:e4:o4:1 # text = by holding it firmly while she begged him to let go 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | gerund | she *not said here* | it | | | | firmly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | she | | him *= he* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **let** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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