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title: To which party did the king pledge the child in consequence of the r… — English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothin… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which party did the king pledge the child in consequence of the river crossing? Exam question 1 of lesson 1947 «English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king promises his son to a giant, and the boy escapes with the giant's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king pr…

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To which party did the king pledge the child in consequence of the river crossing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** king pledge, consequence

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1947 «English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king promises his son to a giant, and the boy escapes with the giant's daughter» 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/1947-pg7439-part6/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e1:1
# text = To which party did the king pledge the child in consequence of the river crossing?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pledge	pledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the king pledge |  | consequence of the river crossing |  | to which party | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the old man who carried him over the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e1:o1:1
# text = the old man who carried him over the river
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the old man | him *= he* |  | the river |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the giant who had carried him over the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e1:o2:1
# text = the giant who had carried him over the water
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive |  | giant |  | the water |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Value |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the giant who carried him over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e1:o3:1
# text = the giant who carried him over
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry over** | past | the giant | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the giant's son by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e1:o4:1
# text = the giant's son by the river
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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