--- title: By what formula must the prince address the swans upon reaching the… — English Fairy Tales, The King of Engla… · tree and pragmatics description: By what formula must the prince address the swans upon reaching the castle? Exam question 3 of lesson 254 «English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Sons, part 1: Jack rides off for golden apples and meets three strange old men» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/254-pg14241-part21/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The King of Engla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/254-pg14241-part21/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Son… By what formula must the prince address the swans upon reaching the castle? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** formula, swans · **What happens:** address, reach · **To what, where:** castle This is exam question 3 of lesson 254 «English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Sons, part 1: Jack rides off for golden apples and meets three strange old men» 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/254-pg14241-part21/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:e3:1 # text = By what formula must the prince address the swans upon reaching the castle? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 formula formula NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 address address NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 10 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 reaching reach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | must | formula | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **reach** | gerund | the swans *not said here* | the castle | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent castle=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Swan, swan, carry me over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:e3:o1:1 # text = Swan, swan, carry me over 1 Swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 over over ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry over** | infinitive | Swan and swan | me | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} "Swan, carry me" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:e3:o2:1 # text = "Swan, carry me" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** *in a quote* | infinitive | Swan | me | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} "Swan, swan, take me across" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:e3:o3:1 # text = "Swan, swan, take me across" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 across across ADP IN _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take across** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Swan and swan | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} "Griffin, griffin, bear me over" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:254-pg14241-part21:e3:o4:1 # text = "Griffin, griffin, bear me over" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 bear bear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 over over ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear over** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Griffin and griffin | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | **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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