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title: How does the king's son respond to the poor boy's indication that th… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: How does the king's son respond to the poor boy's indication that the bell lies to the right? Exam question 2 of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws…

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How does the king's son respond to the poor boy's indication that the bell lies to the right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bell, poor boy · **What happens:** do, lie, indicate · **To what, where:** son respond

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» 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/297-pg1597-part24/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e2:1
# text = How does the king's son respond to the poor boy's indication that the bell lies to the right?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	respond	respond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the king's son respond |  |  |  | to the poor boy's indication | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality |
| 2 | **lie** | present | the bell |  |  |  |  | to the right | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **indicate** |  | the poor boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom indication «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 {#o1}

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he follows the boy's words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e2:o1:1
# text = he follows the boy's words
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | he | the boy's words |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **word** |  | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he thanks the poor boy and then sends a servant to find the bell instead

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e2:o2:1
# text = he thanks the poor boy and then sends a servant to find the bell instead
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thanks	thank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | he |  | the poor boy |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 2 | **send** | present | he *not said here* | a servant |  |  | then |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the bell |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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he proceeds upon his own course

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e2:o3:1
# text = he proceeds upon his own course
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proceeds	proceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	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	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | he |  |  |  |  | upon his own course | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he decides to take the boy's advice and walks onward to the right side of the wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e2:o4:1
# text = he decides to take the boy's advice and walks onward to the right side of the wood
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	onward	onward	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the boy's advice |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
| 3 | **walk** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the right side of the wood *result*; onward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to side=Result |

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