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title: To whom was the bride promised against her own wishes? — Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Alli… · tree and pragmatics
description: To whom was the bride promised against her own wishes? Exam question 2 of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 2 · Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood…

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To whom was the bride promised against her own wishes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bride · **What happens:** be, promise, wish

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» 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/344-pg18442-part4/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e2:1
# text = To whom was the bride promised against her own wishes?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the bride | tree rules |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past |  |  |  |  |  | against bride's own wishes | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wish** |  | bride |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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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To a harsh and elderly man who lived in the stone castle near the church

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e2:o1:1
# text = To a harsh and elderly man who lived in the stone castle near the church
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	near	near	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a harsh man |  |  | the stone castle |  | near the church | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To a rich old knight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e2:o2:1
# text = To a rich old knight
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To a greedy old lord who owned many lands and castles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e2:o3:1
# text = To a greedy old lord who owned many lands and castles
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | past | a greedy old lord | many lands and castles |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To a wealthy elderly man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e2:o4:1
# text = To a wealthy elderly man
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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