--- title: Why did the king hand the prince his daughter, fr? — Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the king hand the prince his daughter, fr? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 695 «Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Ring, part 1: the prince is saved by animals, and the eldest brother sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/695-pg2435-part35/t8/) [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 Tales, The Lost Princess and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/695-pg2435-part35/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Rin… Why did the king hand the prince his daughter, fr? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** hand · **To what, where:** daughter, prince This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 695 «Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Ring, part 1: the prince is saved by animals, and the eldest brother sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/695-pg2435-part35/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t8:1 # text = Why did the king hand the prince his daughter, fr? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hand** | past · do-support | the king | king's daughter and fr | the prince | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prince=Destination daughter=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The baby made the king a believer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t8:o1:1 # text = The baby made the king a believer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make 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 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 believer believer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the baby | a believer | the king | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset king=Beneficiary believer=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} The baby won over the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t8:o2:1 # text = The baby won over the king 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | the baby | | | | | over the king | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The prince threatened the king with a sword until the king gave in to his demands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t8:o3:1 # text = The prince threatened the king with a sword until the king gave in to his demands 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 threatened threaten 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 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 until until SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 to to 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 demands demand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | past | the prince | the king | | | | with a sword | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 2 | **give in** | past | the king | | | | | to king's demands | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to demand=Theme | | 3 | **demand** | | king | | | | | | nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The baby proved the prince's magic was real and the king became convinced ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:695-pg2435-part35:t8:o4:1 # text = The baby proved the prince's magic was real and the king became convinced 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 proved prove 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 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 convinced convinced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | past | the baby | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the prince's magic | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **become** | past | the king | | | | | convinced *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | **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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