--- title: By what means did the prince rouse the princess from her slumber? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: a spi… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the prince rouse the princess from her slumber? Exam question 3 of lesson 731 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: a spindle prick, a hundred years' sleep, and a prince's kiss» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/731-pg2591-part7/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: a spi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/731-pg2591-part7/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: a spindle prick, a hundre… By what means did the prince rouse the princess from her slumber? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince, princess · **What happens:** mean, rouse, slumber · **To what, where:** princess, slumber This is exam question 3 of lesson 731 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: a spindle prick, a hundred years' sleep, and a prince's kiss» 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/731-pg2591-part7/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:731-pg2591-part7:e3:1 # text = By what means did the prince rouse the princess from her slumber? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 rouse rouse 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 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rouse** | past · do-support | the prince | the princess | | princess's slumber | | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 3 | **slumber** | | princess | | | | | | nom slumber «state intransitive»: poss=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} by singing a song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:731-pg2591-part7:e3:o1:1 # text = by singing a song 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | a song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} with a kiss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:731-pg2591-part7:e3:o2:1 # text = with a kiss 1 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} by bestowing a kiss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:731-pg2591-part7:e3:o3:1 # text = by bestowing a kiss 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 bestowing bestow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bestow** | gerund | | a kiss | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} by a kiss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:731-pg2591-part7:e3:o4:1 # text = by a kiss 1 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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