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title: What was the principal motive for the betrothal of the infants? — Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal motive for the betrothal of the infants? Exam question 4 of lesson 1070 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38: Mongan is raised, avenges his father, and sees the white cows» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38:…

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What was the principal motive for the betrothal of the infants?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, betroth · **To what, where:** principal motive, infants

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1070 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38: Mongan is raised, avenges his father, and sees the white cows» 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/1070-pg2892-part38/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e4:1
# text = What was the principal motive for the betrothal of the infants?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	betrothal	betrothal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal motive |  |  |  | for the betrothal of the infants | tree rules |
| 2 | **betroth** |  |  | the infants |  |  |  |  | nom betrothal «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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to win the Land of Promise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e4:o1:1
# text = to win the Land of Promise
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | the Land of Promise |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to end the enmity between Fiachna Duv and Fiachna Finn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e4:o2:1
# text = to end the enmity between Fiachna Duv and Fiachna Finn
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	end	end	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Fiachna	Fiachna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	Duv	Duv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Fiachna	Fiachna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | to-infinitive |  | the enmity |  |  |  | between Fiachna and Fiachna | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality enmity=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to end the enmity and gain both kingdoms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e4:o3:1
# text = to end the enmity and gain both kingdoms
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	end	end	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gain	gain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | to-infinitive |  | the enmity |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality enmity=Eventuality |
| 2 | **gain** | infinitive |  | both kingdoms |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |

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

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to end the enmity between the two Fiachnas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e4:o4:1
# text = to end the enmity between the two Fiachnas
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	end	end	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Fiachnas	Fiachnas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | to-infinitive |  | the enmity |  |  |  | between the two Fiachnas | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality enmity=Eventuality |

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