--- title: What assurance of protection did the princess of Bengal extend to th… — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics description: What assurance of protection did the princess of Bengal extend to the prince? Exam question 4 of lesson 222 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince flies away and lands in a princess's palace» 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/222-pg128-part62/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/) / [Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/222-pg128-part62/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince fli… What assurance of protection did the princess of Bengal extend to the prince? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** assurance, princess, protection · **What happens:** do, extend, assure · **To what, where:** prince This is exam question 4 of lesson 222 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince flies away and lands in a princess's 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/222-pg128-part62/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e4:1 # text = What assurance of protection did the princess of Bengal extend to the prince? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 assurance assurance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 extend extend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what assurance of protection | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **extend** | present | the princess of Bengal | | the prince | | | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient | | 3 | **assure** | | protection | | | | | | nom assurance «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Her word that hospitality would be granted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e4:o1:1 # text = Her word that hospitality would be granted 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 det _ _ 4 hospitality hospitality NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grant** | would · passive | | Her word | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **word** | | Her *= she* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Her word that a bed would be given ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e4:o2:1 # text = Her word that a bed would be given 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | would · passive | | a bed | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient that=Theme | | 2 | **word** | | Her *= she* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} A written safe-conduct ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e4:o3:1 # text = A written safe-conduct 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 3 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Her oath that shelter would be given ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e4:o4:1 # text = Her oath that shelter would be given 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 det _ _ 4 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | would · passive | | Her oath | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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