--- title: What reason did the toad mother advance for her inability to retain… — Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater… · tree and pragmatics description: What reason did the toad mother advance for her inability to retain the child? Exam question 2 of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1273-pg338-part10/e2/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1273-pg338-part10/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stole… What reason did the toad mother advance for her inability to retain the child? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** do, retain · **To what, where:** toad mother advance, child This is exam question 2 of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» 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/1273-pg338-part10/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e2:1 # text = What reason did the toad mother advance for her inability to retain the child? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 advance advance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 inability inability NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | reason | the toad mother advance | | | | for reason's inability | tree rules | | 2 | **retain** | to-infinitive | reason *not said here* | the child | | | | | tree rules | 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} The child had perceived and beheld his true mother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e2:o1:1 # text = The child had perceived and beheld his true mother 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 perceived perceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past · perfect · passive | | the child | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **behold** | participle | | child's true mother | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} The boy had encountered his true family near the shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e2:o2:1 # text = The boy had encountered his true family near the shore 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 encountered encounter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **encounter** | past · perfect · passive | | the boy | | the shore | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was too heavy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e2:o3:1 # text = He was too heavy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He wanted to go home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e2:o4:1 # text = He wanted to go home 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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