--- title: What is the principal reason the priest enters the forbidden room? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Ad… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the principal reason the priest enters the forbidden room? Exam question 2 of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1363-pg4018-part23/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/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Ad…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1363-pg4018-part23/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1:… What is the principal reason the priest enters the forbidden room? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** priest · **What happens:** be, enter, forbid · **To what, where:** principal reason, forbidden room This is exam question 2 of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» 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/1363-pg4018-part23/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e2:1 # text = What is the principal reason the priest enters the forbidden room? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 enters enter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the principal reason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **enter** | present | the priest | the forbidden room | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination | | 3 | **forbid** | participle | | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | 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} He wanted to rob the old woman's house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e2:o1:1 # text = He wanted to rob the old woman's house 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 rob rob VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **rob** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the old woman's house | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} He wanted gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e2:o2:1 # text = He wanted gold 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 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | gold | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He thought the house was empty and safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e2:o3:1 # text = He thought the house was empty and safe 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the house | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the house *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Curiosity overcame his promise to the old woman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e2:o4:1 # text = Curiosity overcame his promise to the old woman 1 Curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 overcame overcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overcome** | past | Curiosity | Curiosity's promise | | | | to the old woman | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot promise=Theme | | 2 | **promise** | | Curiosity | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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