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title: How does the narrator explain the transformation of Riquet with the… — Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the pr… · tree and pragmatics
description: How does the narrator explain the transformation of Riquet with the Tuft into a handsome Prince? Exam question 4 of lesson 1087 «Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her word and marries the prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 4 · Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her wor…

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How does the narrator explain the transformation of Riquet with the Tuft into a handsome Prince?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator · **What happens:** explain, transform · **To what, where:** transformation, Riquet

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1087 «Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her word and marries the prince» 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/1087-pg29021-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e4:1
# text = How does the narrator explain the transformation of Riquet with the Tuft into a handsome Prince?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Riquet	riquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Tuft	tuft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the narrator | the transformation of Riquet |  |  |  | with the Tuft; into a handsome Prince | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transformation=Topic |
| 2 | **transform** |  |  | Riquet |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event 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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Some attribute it to love alone, and others to fairy magic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = Some attribute it to love alone, and others to fairy magic
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Some attribute it to love alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = Some attribute it to love alone
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Some believe it was a dream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = Some believe it was a dream
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Some |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a dream |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Many credit the fairy's gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = Many credit the fairy's gift
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gift** |  | the fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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