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title: What was the purpose of the Fairy's intervention in the proceedings… — Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the purpose of the Fairy's intervention in the proceedings concerning Cinderilla's attendance? Exam question 4 of lesson 1084 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper, part 9: Puss eats the Ogre and wins a castle, then Cinderilla is left behind» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 4 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper…

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What was the purpose of the Fairy's intervention in the proceedings concerning Cinderilla's attendance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, proceedings, intervention, Fairy, Cinderilla · **What happens:** be, concern, purpose, intervene, attend · **To what, where:** attendance, proceedings

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1084 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla; or, The Little Glass Slipper, part 9: Puss eats the Ogre and wins a castle, then Cinderilla is left behind» 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/1084-pg29021-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:e4:1
# text = What was the purpose of the Fairy's intervention in the proceedings concerning Cinderilla's attendance?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	intervention	intervention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	nmod	_	_
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	Cinderilla	Cinderilla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the purpose of the Fairy's intervention in the proceedings |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the proceedings *not said here* | Cinderilla's attendance |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attendance=Experiencer |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the Fairy's intervention in the proceedings |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 4 | **intervene** |  | the Fairy |  |  | the proceedings |  |  | nom intervention «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |
| 5 | **attend** |  | Cinderilla |  |  |  |  |  | nom attendance «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To enable her to attend the ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = To enable her to attend the ball
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enable	enable	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **attend** | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ball=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To get her a fine golden coach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = To get her a fine golden coach
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | a fine golden coach | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary coach=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To make her into a Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = To make her into a Princess
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | into a Princess | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent she=Material into princess=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To enable her to attend the ball and marry the Prince at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1084-pg29021-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = To enable her to attend the ball and marry the Prince at last
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enable	enable	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	marry	marry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **attend** | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ball=Goal |
| 3 | **marry** | infinitive |  | the Prince |  | last |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient |

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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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