--- title: To what penalty was the youth condemned by the king in the matter of… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: mu… · tree and pragmatics description: To what penalty was the youth condemned by the king in the matter of the alleged usurpation? Exam question 3 of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/683-pg2435-part23/e3/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: mu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/683-pg2435-part23/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth… To what penalty was the youth condemned by the king in the matter of the alleged usurpation? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** penalty, alleged usurpation · **What happens:** be, condemn, allege, matter · **To what, where:** youth, matter This is exam question 3 of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» 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/683-pg2435-part23/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e3:1 # text = To what penalty was the youth condemned by the king in the matter of the alleged usurpation? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 penalty penalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 condemned condemn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 alleged allege VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 usurpation usurpation NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | penalty | the youth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **condemn** | participle | | the youth *not said here* | | the matter of the alleged usurpation | | by the king | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **allege** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **matter** | | the alleged usurpation | | | | | | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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} A fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e3:o1:1 # text = A fine 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Exile ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e3:o2:1 # text = Exile 1 Exile Exile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Banishment to the far hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e3:o3:1 # text = Banishment to the far hills 1 Banishment banishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Hanging without any trial ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e3:o4:1 # text = Hanging without any trial 1 Hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 without without ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | | | | | | without any trial | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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