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title: By what means does the soldier obtain the kingdom at the conclusion… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means does the soldier obtain the kingdom at the conclusion of this passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 771 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier's pipe calls the manikin, and a queen's child becomes a raven» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier'…

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By what means does the soldier obtain the kingdom at the conclusion of this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** soldier · **What happens:** mean, obtain, conclude · **To what, where:** kingdom, conclusion, passage · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 771 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier's pipe calls the manikin, and a queen's child becomes a raven» 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/771-pg2591-part47/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e1:1
# text = By what means does the soldier obtain the kingdom at the conclusion of this passage?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
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	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **obtain** | present · do-support | the soldier | the kingdom |  | the conclusion of this passage |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kingdom=Theme |
| 3 | **conclude** |  |  | this passage |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through the manikin's intervention, which compels the king to surrender his realm and daughter

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e1:o1:1
# text = Through the manikin's intervention, which compels the king to surrender his realm and daughter
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manikin	manikin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	intervention	intervention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	compels	compel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | present | the manikin's intervention | the king |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 2 | **surrender** | to-infinitive | the manikin's intervention *not said here* | king's realm and daughter |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent realm=Theme |
| 3 | **intervene** |  | the manikin |  |  |  |  |  | nom intervention «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By marrying the princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e1:o2:1
# text = By marrying the princess
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	marrying	marry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | gerund |  | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through a long campaign of war, which obliges the king to abdicate his throne and his crown entirely

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e1:o3:1
# text = Through a long campaign of war, which obliges the king to abdicate his throne and his crown entirely
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	campaign	campaign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	obliges	oblige	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	abdicate	abdicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present |  | the king |  | a long campaign of war |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 2 | **abdicate** | to-infinitive |  | king's throne and king's crown |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Source |
| 3 | **campaign** |  | war |  |  |  |  |  | nom campaign «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 4 | **crown** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By force of arms, which compels the king to yield his realm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e1:o4:1
# text = By force of arms, which compels the king to yield his realm
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	compels	compel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	yield	yield	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | present |  | the king |  |  |  | by force of arms | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 2 | **yield** | to-infinitive |  | king's realm |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent realm=Theme |

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