--- title: Upon what part of the horse did the robbers seize hold before draggi… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what part of the horse did the robbers seize hold before dragging the two riders from its back? Exam question 2 of lesson 893 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 104: robbers kill the priest and horse, and Helga, now a frog, buries him» of the books course of Mova's primary --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/893-pg27200-part104/e2/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/893-pg27200-part104/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10… Upon what part of the horse did the robbers seize hold before dragging the two riders from its back? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robbers · **What happens:** seize, drag · **To what, where:** hold, two riders, back This is exam question 2 of lesson 893 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 104: robbers kill the priest and horse, and Helga, now a frog, buries him» 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/893-pg27200-part104/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e2:1 # text = Upon what part of the horse did the robbers seize hold before dragging the two riders from its back? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 seize seize VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 dragging drag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 riders rider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past · do-support | the robbers | hold | | | | upon what part of the horse | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 2 | **drag** | gerund | the robbers *not said here* | the two riders | | hold's back | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent rider=Theme from back=Initial\_Location | 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} the long leather reins hanging from its head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e2:o1:1 # text = the long leather reins hanging from its head 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 reins rein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | the long leather reins *not said here* | | | its head | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the thick rope tied around its neck and mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e2:o2:1 # text = the thick rope tied around its neck and mouth 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 around around ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | participle | | the thick rope *not said here* | | rope's neck and mouth | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} its bridle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e2:o3:1 # text = its bridle 1 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} its mane ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e2:o4:1 # text = its mane 1 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mane mane 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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