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title: What does the elf king's remark, "They travel economically", most ne… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What does the elf king's remark, "They travel economically", most nearly imply about the goblins' journey? Exam question 2 of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin…

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What does the elf king's remark, "They travel economically", most nearly imply about the goblins' journey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** They, elf king, goblins · **What happens:** do, travel, imply, remark, journey · **To what, where:** remark · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» 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/823-pg27200-part34/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e2:1
# text = What does the elf king's remark, "They travel economically", most nearly imply about the goblins' journey?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	elf	elf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	travel	travel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	economically	economically	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	17	advmod	_	_
16	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	imply	imply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	goblins	goblin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the elf king's remark |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **travel** *in a quote* | present | They |  |  |  |  | economically *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **imply** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the goblins's journey; nearly *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **remark** |  | the elf king |  |  |  |  |  | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 5 | **journey** |  | the goblins |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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They go by sea and never pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e2:o1:1
# text = They go by sea and never pay
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | They |  |  |  |  | by sea | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sea=Location |
| 2 | **not** **pay** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are rich and wait for a ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e2:o2:1
# text = They are rich and wait for a ship
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a ship | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They walk a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e2:o3:1
# text = They walk a lot
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | They | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lot=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They travel cheaply and wait for a ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e2:o4:1
# text = They travel cheaply and wait for a ship
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travel	travel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cheaply	cheaply	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | They |  |  |  |  | cheaply *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a ship | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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