--- title: By what means did the prince effect the princess's removal from Cash… — Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: t… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the prince effect the princess's removal from Cashmere? Exam question 3 of lesson 226 «Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back the princess and tricks the Sultan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/226-pg128-part66/e3/) [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, Prince Firouz Schah: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/226-pg128-part66/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back… By what means did the prince effect the princess's removal from Cashmere? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** mean, do, remove · **To what, where:** prince effect, Cashmere · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 226 «Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back the princess and tricks the Sultan» 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/226-pg128-part66/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e3:1 # text = By what means did the prince effect the princess's removal from Cashmere? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 removal removal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Cashmere Cashmere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | the prince effect the princess's removal from Cashmere | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality | | 3 | **remove** | | the princess | | | Cashmere | | | nom removal «act transitive»: poss=agent from=place | 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} The enchanted horse, rising under thick smoke and a cloud of sweet perfume ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e3:o1:1 # text = The enchanted horse, rising under thick smoke and a cloud of sweet perfume 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 perfume perfume NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **rise** | gerund | the enchanted horse *not said here* | | | thick smoke and a cloud of sweet perfume | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under smoke=Location | | 3 | **cloud** | | | sweet perfume | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} A flying horse with perfume ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e3:o2:1 # text = A flying horse with perfume 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 perfume perfume NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The enchanted horse, under smoke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e3:o3:1 # text = The enchanted horse, under smoke 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} The enchanted horse, lifted by smoke and perfume from the braziers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e3:o4:1 # text = The enchanted horse, lifted by smoke and perfume from the braziers 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 perfume perfume NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 braziers brazier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **lift** | participle | | the enchanted horse *not said here* | | the braziers | | by smoke and perfume | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent by smoke=Destination from brazier=Initial\_Location | **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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