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title: For what purpose does the king depart from his queen? — Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's D… · tree and pragmatics
description: For what purpose does the king depart from his queen? Exam question 4 of lesson 1227 «Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats seek the greatest husband» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 4 · Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats se…

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For what purpose does the king depart from his queen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** do, depart

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1227 «Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats seek the greatest husband» 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/1227-pg3282-part28/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e4:1
# text = For what purpose does the king depart from his queen?
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	depart	depart	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for purpose | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** | present | the king |  |  |  |  | from king's queen | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from queen=Initial\_Location |

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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 trade with merchants abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e4:o1:1
# text = to trade with merchants abroad
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	trade	trade	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trade** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with merchants; abroad *property* | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with merchant=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to hunt whales in cold seas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e4:o2:1
# text = to hunt whales in cold seas
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | to-infinitive |  | whales |  | cold seas |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent whale=Theme in sea=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to sail far away and battle the rebels on faraway shores

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e4:o3:1
# text = to sail far away and battle the rebels on faraway shores
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sail	sail	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	battle	battle	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rebels	rebel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	faraway	faraway	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	shores	shore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **battle** | infinitive |  | the rebels |  | faraway shores |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rebel=Co-Agent |

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

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to quell revolt on distant islands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e4:o4:1
# text = to quell revolt on distant islands
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	quell	quell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	revolt	revolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quell** | to-infinitive |  | revolt |  | distant islands |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revolt=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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