--- title: Which fate befell the swineherd, his wife and his daughter by royal… — Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and th… · tree and pragmatics description: Which fate befell the swineherd, his wife and his daughter by royal decree? Exam question 2 of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/662-pg2435-part2/e2/) [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/) / [Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/662-pg2435-part2/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the… Which fate befell the swineherd, his wife and his daughter by royal decree? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fate · **What happens:** befall · **To what, where:** swineherd This is exam question 2 of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» 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/662-pg2435-part2/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e2:1 # text = Which fate befell the swineherd, his wife and his daughter by royal decree? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **befall** | past | which fate | the swineherd | | | | by royal decree | tree rules | 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} They were sent to the mines ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e2:o1:1 # text = They were sent to the mines 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mines mine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · passive | | They | | the mines | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to mine=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They were executed by hanging ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e2:o2:1 # text = They were executed by hanging 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 executed execute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **execute** | past · passive | | They | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **hang** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were thrown from the tower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e2:o3:1 # text = They were thrown from the tower 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past · passive | | They | | the tower | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from tower=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} They were executed by hanging at dawn in the town square ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e2:o4:1 # text = They were executed by hanging at dawn in the town square 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 executed execute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **execute** | past · passive | | They | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **hang** | gerund | | | | the town square | dawn | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=Location | **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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