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title: What was the first desire expressed by the stone-cutter upon seeing… — Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the first desire expressed by the stone-cutter upon seeing the rich man's dwelling? Exam question 2 of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wake…

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What was the first desire expressed by the stone-cutter upon seeing the rich man's dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, express, see · **To what, where:** first desire, dwelling

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» 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/692-pg2435-part32/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e2:1
# text = What was the first desire expressed by the stone-cutter upon seeing the rich man's dwelling?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	cutter	cutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the first desire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **express** | participle |  | the first desire *not said here* |  |  |  | by the stone cutter | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** | gerund |  | the rich man's dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dwelling=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To be a rich man sleeping in a silken bed inside a gold-roofed palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = To be a rich man sleeping in a silken bed inside a gold-roofed palace
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	roofed	roof	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a rich man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund | a rich man *not said here* |  |  | a silken bed |  | inside a roofed palace | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location |
| 3 | **roof** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To be a king dwelling in a marble hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = To be a king dwelling in a marble hall
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dwell** | gerund | a king *not said here* |  |  | a marble hall |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To own a fine house with golden walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = To own a fine house with golden walls
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	own	own	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | to-infinitive |  | a fine house |  |  |  | with golden walls | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot house=Theme |

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

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To be a rich man sleeping in a silken bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = To be a rich man sleeping in a silken bed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a rich man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund | a rich man *not said here* |  |  | a silken bed |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location |

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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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