--- title: Upon whose representation did the young lord's mother relent regardi… — English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon whose representation did the young lord's mother relent regarding the marriage? Exam question 1 of lesson 263 «English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and her father is found» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/263-pg14241-part30/e1/) [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, Catskin: Catskin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/263-pg14241-part30/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and h… Upon whose representation did the young lord's mother relent regarding the marriage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** representation · **What happens:** do, regard · **To what, where:** mother relent This is exam question 1 of lesson 263 «English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and her father is found» 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/263-pg14241-part30/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e1:1 # text = Upon whose representation did the young lord's mother relent regarding the marriage? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 representation representation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 relent relent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 11 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | representation | the young lord's mother relent | | | | regard the marriage | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relent=Eventuality | | 2 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} After the servants' pleading that the lord was dying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e1:o1:1 # text = After the servants' pleading that the lord was dying 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 pleading plead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | gerund | the servants | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | past · progressive | the lord | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Upon the physician's representation that her son would perish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e1:o2:1 # text = Upon the physician's representation that her son would perish 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 physician physician NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 representation representation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perish** | would | her son | the physician's representation *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **represent** | | the physician | | | | | | nom representation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Upon the king's command that the lady must marry him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e1:o3:1 # text = Upon the king's command that the lady must marry him 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | must | the lady | the king's command | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **command** | | the king | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} On the doctor's word ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e1:o4:1 # text = On the doctor's word 1 On on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **word** | | the doctor | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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