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title: What did the father of Catskin declare he would surrender in order t… — English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the father of Catskin declare he would surrender in order to behold his daughter once more? Exam question 3 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 t
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# Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and h…

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What did the father of Catskin declare he would surrender in order to behold his daughter once more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** father · **What happens:** do, declare, surrender, behold · **To what, where:** daughter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e3:1
# text = What did the father of Catskin declare he would surrender in order to behold his daughter once more?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Catskin	Catskin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	declare	declare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	fixed	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	behold	behold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	18	advmod	_	_
18	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | the father of Catskin |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **surrender** | would | father |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **behold** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | father's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The whole of his worldly possessions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e3:o1:1
# text = The whole of his worldly possessions
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	worldly	worldly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farm, the cattle and the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e3:o2:1
# text = The farm, the cattle and the house
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every coin he had in the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e3:o3:1
# text = Every coin he had in the bank
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | every coin |  |  | the bank |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everything he owned in the world, down to the last silver spoon in his house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:e3:o4:1
# text = Everything he owned in the world, down to the last silver spoon in his house
1	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | past | he | Everything |  | the world |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot everything=Theme |

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