--- title: What was the principal cause of the king's wish to send his wife to… — Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fair… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal cause of the king's wish to send his wife to a fortified place? Exam question 4 of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1178-pg3027-part44/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1178-pg3027-part44/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste… What was the principal cause of the king's wish to send his wife to a fortified place? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** be, send, fortify, wish · **To what, where:** principal cause, wife, fortified place This is exam question 4 of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» 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/1178-pg3027-part44/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e4:1 # text = What was the principal cause of the king's wish to send his wife to a fortified place? 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 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 fortified fortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal cause | | | | of the king's wish | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | | king's wife | | a fortified place | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wife=Theme to place=Destination | | 3 | **fortify** | participle | | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wish** | | the king | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} A bad harvest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e4:o1:1 # text = A bad harvest 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The king's defeat in battle and the approaching siege of his capital ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e4:o2:1 # text = The king's defeat in battle and the approaching siege of his capital 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 defeat defeat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 siege siege NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **defeat** | | the king | | | battle and the approaching siege of king's capital | | | nom defeat «event transitive»: poss=agent in=place | ### Option 3 {#o3} The queen's constant complaints about the cold and the damp of the castle walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e4:o3:1 # text = The queen's constant complaints about the cold and the damp of the castle walls 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 constant constant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 complaints complaint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 damp damp NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complain** | | the queen | | | | | about the cold and the damp of the castle walls | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl | ### Option 4 {#o4} The war ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e4:o4:1 # text = The war 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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