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title: Which character, having been struck dumb in the presence of the Prin… — Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which character, having been struck dumb in the presence of the Princess, subsequently recovered his speech only upon leaving the palace? Exam question 1 of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» of the books course of Mova's pr
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…

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Which character, having been struck dumb in the presence of the Princess, subsequently recovered his speech only upon leaving the palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** strike, recover, leave, speak · **To what, where:** character, presence, speech, palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» 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/290-pg1597-part17/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e1:1
# text = Which character, having been struck dumb in the presence of the Princess, subsequently recovered his speech only upon leaving the palace?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	recovered	recover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	only	only	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
21	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | gerund · perfect · passive |  | which character |  | the presence of the Princess |  | dumb *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **recover** | past |  | his speech |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund |  | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |
| 4 | **speak** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 suitors who had failed before the throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e1:o1:1
# text = The suitors who had failed before the throne
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	suitors	suitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | past · perfect | the suitors |  |  |  | before the throne |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The suitors who had failed before the throne and were then sent home by the king

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e1:o2:1
# text = The suitors who had failed before the throne and were then sent home by the king
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	suitors	suitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | past · perfect | the suitors |  |  |  | before the throne |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **send** | past · passive | the king | the suitors |  |  | then | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The guards who had left the palace early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e1:o3:1
# text = The guards who had left the palace early
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · perfect | the guards | the palace |  |  |  | early *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The suitors who had failed before the throne and were struck dumb, and who only got their speech back outside the palace gates

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e1:o4:1
# text = The suitors who had failed before the throne and were struck dumb, and who only got their speech back outside the palace gates
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	suitors	suitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	back	back	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
21	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | past · perfect · passive |  | the suitors |  |  | before the throne |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **strike** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V» |
| 3 | **get back** | past |  | suitors's speech |  |  |  | outside the palace gates | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer speech=Stimulus |
| 4 | **speak** |  | suitors *= suitor* |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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