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title: With what sentiment does the nightingale regard the Emperor's heart… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics
description: With what sentiment does the nightingale regard the Emperor's heart in comparison with his crown? Exam question 2 of lesson 914 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives, and the nightingale makes a promise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives…

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With what sentiment does the nightingale regard the Emperor's heart in comparison with his crown?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nightingale · **What happens:** regard, crown · **To what, where:** heart, comparison

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 914 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives, and the nightingale makes a promise» 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/914-pg27200-part125/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e2:1
# text = With what sentiment does the nightingale regard the Emperor's heart in comparison with his crown?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
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	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	regard	regard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | present · do-support | the nightingale | the Emperor's heart |  | comparison with nightingale's crown |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme |
| 2 | **crown** |  | nightingale |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication 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 {#o1}

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She values his crown above his heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e2:o1:1
# text = She values his crown above his heart
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	values	value	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **value** | present | She | his crown |  | his heart |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crown=Stimulus |
| 2 | **crown** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She thinks his crown is worth more gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e2:o2:1
# text = She thinks his crown is worth more gold
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | his crown |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **crown** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She cares nothing for his crown and would sing to his heart every single night forever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e2:o3:1
# text = She cares nothing for his crown and would sing to his heart every single night forever
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | She | nothing |  |  | night | for his crown; forever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | would | She *not said here* |  | his heart |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to heart=Recipient |
| 3 | **crown** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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She holds his heart in higher esteem than his crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e2:o4:1
# text = She holds his heart in higher esteem than his crown
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	esteem	esteem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | She | his heart |  | higher esteem |  | than his crown | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent heart=Theme in esteem=Location |
| 2 | **crown** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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