--- title: On what terms did King Archidej offer the princess the opportunity t… — Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena i… · tree and pragmatics description: On what terms did King Archidej offer the princess the opportunity to remain at his court? Exam question 2 of lesson 669 «Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the Simons are rewarded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/669-pg2435-part9/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/) / [Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena i…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/669-pg2435-part9/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the S… On what terms did King Archidej offer the princess the opportunity to remain at his court? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** terms · **What happens:** offer, remain · **To what, where:** opportunity, princess, court This is exam question 2 of lesson 669 «Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the Simons are rewarded» 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/669-pg2435-part9/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e2:1 # text = On what terms did King Archidej offer the princess the opportunity to remain at his court? 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Archidej Archidej PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 at at 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 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past · do-support | terms | the opportunity | the princess | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent princess=Goal opportunity=Theme | | 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | terms *not said here* | the opportunity *not said here* | | Archidej's court | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location | 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} to share his crown if she agreed to remain here ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e2:o1:1 # text = to share his crown if she agreed to remain here 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 share share VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | to-infinitive | | his crown | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | she | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **crown** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} to be his wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e2:o2:1 # text = to be his wife 1 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | his wife | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} to reign as queen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e2:o3:1 # text = to reign as queen 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 reign reign VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reign** | to-infinitive | | | | | | as queen | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} to reign as queen if she consented to stay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e2:o4:1 # text = to reign as queen if she consented to stay 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 reign reign VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reign** | to-infinitive | | | | | | as queen | tree rules | | 2 | **consent** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | she | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **stay** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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