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title: What is the principal purpose of the Fairy in conveying the King to… — Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal purpose of the Fairy in conveying the King to her palace? Exam question 3 of lesson 1424 «Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries the King away, and a mermaid offers to save him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 3 · Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries…

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What is the principal purpose of the Fairy in conveying the King to her palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal purpose, Fairy · **What happens:** be, convey, purpose · **To what, where:** King, palace

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1424 «Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries the King away, and a mermaid offers to save him» 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/1424-pg503-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e3:1
# text = What is the principal purpose of the Fairy in conveying the King to her palace?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	conveying	convey	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the principal purpose of the Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **convey** | gerund | the Fairy *not said here* | the King | Fairy's palace |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Topic to palace=Recipient |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 make him forget his kingdom and his wife so she can keep him for ever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = To make him forget his kingdom and his wife so she can keep him for ever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | his kingdom and his wife |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | can | wife | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To test his loyalty and courage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = To test his loyalty and courage
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | to-infinitive |  | his loyalty and courage |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To win his affection and retain him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = To win his affection and retain him
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	retain	retain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | his affection |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Eventuality |
| 2 | **retain** | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To prove her power over mortals and then to cast him back into the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = To prove her power over mortals and then to cast him back into the sea
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prove	prove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mortals	mortal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	cast	cast	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | to-infinitive |  | her power |  | mortals |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |
| 2 | **cast back** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  | the sea | then |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent he=Material into sea=Product |

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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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