--- title: What reason did Bellissima give for seeking the counsel of the Fairy? — Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 9:… · tree and pragmatics description: What reason did Bellissima give for seeking the counsel of the Fairy? Exam question 2 of lesson 1422 «Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 9: the Dwarf claims Bellissima, and she agrees to marry the Gold King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1422-pg503-part9/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 9:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1422-pg503-part9/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 9: the Dwarf claims Be… What reason did Bellissima give for seeking the counsel of the Fairy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bellissima · **What happens:** give, seek · **To what, where:** counsel This is exam question 2 of lesson 1422 «Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 9: the Dwarf claims Bellissima, and she agrees to marry the Gold King» 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/1422-pg503-part9/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1422-pg503-part9:e2:1 # text = What reason did Bellissima give for seeking the counsel of the Fairy? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · do-support | Bellissima | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 2 | **seek** | gerund | Bellissima *not said here* | the counsel of the Fairy | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | 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} the Queen's sadness and whether to marry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1422-pg503-part9:e2:o1:1 # text = the Queen's sadness and whether to marry 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} the Queen's illness and the wedding ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1422-pg503-part9:e2:o2:1 # text = the Queen's illness and the wedding 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} her father's health and a dream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1422-pg503-part9:e2:o3:1 # text = her father's health and a dream 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the Queen's sadness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1422-pg503-part9:e2:o4:1 # text = the Queen's sadness 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 sadness sadness 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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