--- title: By what means did the thief secure his claim to the princess? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Four Skillful… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the thief secure his claim to the princess? Exam question 4 of lesson 768 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Four Skillful Brothers: the brothers save the princess and share the reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/768-pg2591-part44/e4/) [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, The Four Skillful…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/768-pg2591-part44/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Four Skillful Brothers: the broth… By what means did the thief secure his claim to the princess? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** thief · **What happens:** mean, secure, claim · **To what, where:** claim · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 768 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Four Skillful Brothers: the brothers save the princess and share the reward» 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/768-pg2591-part44/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e4:1 # text = By what means did the thief secure his claim to the princess? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 secure secure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **secure** | past · do-support | the thief | thief's claim | | | | to the princess | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent claim=Patient to princess=Co-Patient | | 3 | **claim** | | thief | | | | | | nom claim «communication transitive»: 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 {#o1} He stole her away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e4:o1:1 # text = He stole her away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal away** | past | He | her *= she* | | | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} By sneaking her out at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e4:o2:1 # text = By sneaking her out at night 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sneaking sneak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sneak out** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | night | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He stole her from beneath the dragon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e4:o3:1 # text = He stole her from beneath the dragon 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past | He | her *= she* | | | | from the dragon | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from dragon=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} He snatched her while it slept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e4:o4:1 # text = He snatched her while it slept 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snatch** | past | He | her *= she* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | past | it | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «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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