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title: Why does Desiree resolve to feign thirst in order to separate hersel… — Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does Desiree resolve to feign thirst in order to separate herself from the prince? Exam question 4 of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the…

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Why does Desiree resolve to feign thirst in order to separate herself from the prince?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Desiree · **What happens:** resolve, feign, separate · **To what, where:** thirst, Desiree

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» 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/1174-pg3027-part40/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e4:1
# text = Why does Desiree resolve to feign thirst in order to separate herself from the prince?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Desiree	Desiree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	resolve	resolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	feign	feign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	fixed	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	separate	separate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present · do-support | Desiree |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feign** | to-infinitive | Desiree *not said here* | thirst |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thirst=Patient |
| 3 | **separate** | to-infinitive | Desiree *not said here* | Desiree |  |  |  | from the prince | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent herself=Patient from prince=Co-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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To avoid revealing her human form in his presence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e4:o1:1
# text = To avoid revealing her human form in his presence
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	revealing	reveal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **reveal** | gerund |  | her human form |  | his presence |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic |
| 3 | **form** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To avoid revealing her human form in his presence and to escape his anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e4:o2:1
# text = To avoid revealing her human form in his presence and to escape his anger
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	revealing	reveal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **reveal** | gerund |  | her human form |  | his presence |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic |
| 3 | **escape** | to-infinitive |  | his anger |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anger=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **form** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 5 | **anger** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To hide her true identity here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e4:o3:1
# text = To hide her true identity here
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  | her true identity |  | here |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To keep her secret from the prince for now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e4:o4:1
# text = To keep her secret from the prince for now
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | her secret |  |  |  | from the prince | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from prince=Eventuality |

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