--- title: What is the stated reason the fairies transformed the Princess into… — Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the stated reason the fairies transformed the Princess into a white cat? Exam question 4 of lesson 1453 «Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's head and the spell breaks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1453-pg503-part40/e4/) [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 White Cat: the Prince…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1453-pg503-part40/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's… What is the stated reason the fairies transformed the Princess into a white cat? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stated reason, fairies · **What happens:** be, state, transform · **To what, where:** Princess This is exam question 4 of lesson 1453 «Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's head and the spell breaks» 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/1453-pg503-part40/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:e4:1 # text = What is the stated reason the fairies transformed the Princess into a white cat? 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 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 transformed transform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the stated reason | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **transform** | past | the fairies | the Princess | | | | into a white cat *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent princess=Patient into cat=Result | 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} Her cruel words to the fairy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:e4:o1:1 # text = Her cruel words to the fairy 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **word** | | Her *= she* | | | | | to the fairy | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Her refusal to wed the king of the dwarfs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:e4:o2:1 # text = Her refusal to wed the king of the dwarfs 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wed** | to-infinitive | Her refusal | the king of the dwarfs | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | | 2 | **refuse** | | Her *= she* | | | | | | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She insulted the fairies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:e4:o3:1 # text = She insulted the fairies 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 insulted insult 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 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insult** | past | She | the fairies | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fairy=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Her refusal to marry the dwarf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:e4:o4:1 # text = Her refusal to marry the dwarf 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Her refusal | the dwarf | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Patient | | 2 | **refuse** | | Her *= she* | | | | | | nom refusal «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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