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title: What qualities does the princess require in a prospective husband, a… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: What qualities does the princess require in a prospective husband, according to the crow's account? Exam question 4 of lesson 981 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 192: Gerda runs from the garden, hears the flowers' tales, and meets a crow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 192: Gerda ru…

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What qualities does the princess require in a prospective husband, according to the crow's account?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** qualities, crow · **What happens:** do, require, accord, account · **To what, where:** account

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 981 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 192: Gerda runs from the garden, hears the flowers' tales, and meets a crow» 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/981-pg27200-part192/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e4:1
# text = What qualities does the princess require in a prospective husband, according to the crow's account?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	qualities	quality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	prospective	prospective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what qualities and the princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **require** | present | what qualities and the princess |  |  |  |  | in a prospective husband | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund | what qualities and the princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the crow's account *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to account=Goal |
| 4 | **account** |  | the crow |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «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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to be able to speak with anyone who visits the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e4:o1:1
# text = to be able to speak with anyone who visits the palace
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	visits	visit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with anyone=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **visit** | present |  | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the power to know every language spoken in the kingdom and more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e4:o2:1
# text = the power to know every language spoken in the kingdom and more
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | to-infinitive |  | every language |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer language=Stimulus |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  | every language *not said here* |  | the kingdom |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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wealth and a splendid castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e4:o3:1
# text = wealth and a splendid castle
1	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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the ability to converse readily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e4:o4:1
# text = the ability to converse readily
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	converse	converse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **converse** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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