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description: In what manner does the minister come to obtain the consent of the lady Blauvor to the proposed marriage? Exam question 2 of lesson 697 «Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress pays the youth, then the minister sets out to find a queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 2 · Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress p…

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In what manner does the minister come to obtain the consent of the lady Blauvor to the proposed marriage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, come, obtain, propose, consent · **To what, where:** minister, manner, consent, lady

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 697 «Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress pays the youth, then the minister sets out to find a queen» 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/697-pg2435-part37/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:e2:1
# text = In what manner does the minister come to obtain the consent of the lady Blauvor to the proposed marriage?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	Blauvor	Blauvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the minister |  | what manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | the consent of the lady |  |  |  | to the proposed marriage | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset consent=Theme |
| 4 | **propose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **consent** |  |  | the lady |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He presses his suit persistently until she yields, having first protested her unworthiness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:e2:o1:1
# text = He presses his suit persistently until she yields, having first protested her unworthiness
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	presses	press	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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	suit	suit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	persistently	persistently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	yields	yield	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
12	protested	protest	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	unworthiness	unworthiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | present | He | his suit |  |  |  | persistently *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suit=Theme |
| 2 | **yield** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | past | He *not said here* | her unworthiness |  |  |  | first *property* | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unworthiness=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He orders her to marry him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:e2:o2:1
# text = He orders her to marry him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	orders	order	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | present | He |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He tricks her into the match by lying about her husband's death in battle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:e2:o3:1
# text = He tricks her into the match by lying about her husband's death in battle
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tricks	trick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | present | He | her *= she* |  |  |  | into the match *result* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Patient into match=Result |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | battle |  | about her husband's death | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about death=Location |
| 3 | **die** |  | her husband |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He sends gifts each day, and she refuses him for a month before finally agreeing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:e2:o4:1
# text = He sends gifts each day, and she refuses him for a month before finally agreeing
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	refuses	refuse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	before	before	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
15	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	agreeing	agree	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | He | gifts |  |  | day |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |
| 2 | **refuse** | present | she | him *= he* |  |  | month | before *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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