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title: State the reason the Prince was unable to declare his love earlier. — White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic w… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the reason the Prince was unable to declare his love earlier. Exam question 4 of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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 · White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace…

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State the reason the Prince was unable to declare his love earlier.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State, his · **What happens:** be, declare, love · **To what, where:** love

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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/1450-pg503-part37/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e4:1
# text = State the reason the Prince was unable to declare his love earlier.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | State  the reason |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | State  the reason *not said here* | his love |  |  |  | early *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Attribute |
| 3 | **love** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He was bound by an enchantment that kept him silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e4:o1:1
# text = He was bound by an enchantment that kept him silent
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | past · passive | a enchantment | He |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | past | a enchantment | him *= he* |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He had been turned into a cabbage by the Queen's magic wand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e4:o2:1
# text = He had been turned into a cabbage by the Queen's magic wand
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | the Queen's magic wand | He |  | a cabbage |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into cabbage=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Queen had cursed him to forget all his words and wander the forest for years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e4:o3:1
# text = The Queen had cursed him to forget all his words and wander the forest for years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	wander	wander	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past · perfect | the Queen | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **forget** | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | his words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wander** | infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | the forest |  |  | year |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Trajectory |
| 4 | **word** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A wicked fairy had cursed his tongue long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e4:o4:1
# text = A wicked fairy had cursed his tongue long ago
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past · perfect · passive |  | a wicked fairy |  |  |  | ago *property* | tree rules |

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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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