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title: With what purpose does the voice, in replying to the Prince's though… — Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65:… · tree and pragmatics
description: With what purpose does the voice, in replying to the Prince's thoughts, distinguish the ruler's great empire from the exercise of evil desire? Exam question 4 of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room»
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
With what purpose does the voice, in replying to the Prince's thoughts, distinguish the ruler's great empire from the exercise of evil desire?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, Prince · **What happens:** do, reply, distinguish, think, exercise · **To what, where:** voice, great empire, evil desire

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked 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/1478-pg503-part65/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e4:1
# text = With what purpose does the voice, in replying to the Prince's thoughts, distinguish the ruler's great empire from the exercise of evil desire?
1	With	with	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	replying	reply	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	distinguish	distinguish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | purpose | the voice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the Prince's thoughts | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to thought=Theme |
| 3 | **distinguish** | present |  | the ruler's great empire |  |  |  | from the exercise of evil desire | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent empire=Theme from exercise=Co-Theme |
| 4 | **think** |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 5 | **exercise** |  |  | evil desire |  |  |  |  | nom exercise «act transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e4:o1:1
# text = To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	committing	commit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	conj	_	_
16	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	obj	_	_
17	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	desires	desire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | the advantage of power lies |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent advantage=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  | good |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **commit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **desire** | present | evil one | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whatever=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires, and that the Prince must return to his nurse and ask her forgiveness before he can rule.

<!-- fold The tree, 35 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e4:o2:1
# text = To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires, and that the Prince must return to his nurse and ask her forgiveness before he can rule.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	committing	commit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	conj	_	_
16	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	obj	_	_
17	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	desires	desire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
25	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
32	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | the advantage of power lies |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent advantage=Recipient |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | power lies *not said here* | good |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **commit** | gerund | power lies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **desire** | present | evil one | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whatever=Theme |
| 5 | **return** | must | the Prince |  |  |  |  | to Prince's nurse *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to nurse=Result |
| 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive |  | her forgiveness |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent forgiveness=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 7 | **rule** *not said to happen* | can | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To teach that a king's true strength lies in justice, not in indulging every wicked wish he has.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e4:o3:1
# text = To teach that a king's true strength lies in justice, not in indulging every wicked wish he has.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	indulging	indulge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
17	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lie** | present | a king's true strength |  |  | justice |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in justice=Location |
| 3 | **not** **indulge** | gerund |  | every wicked wish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | present | strength | every wicked wish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires, since the ring has warned that every wicked act will bring pain and punishment to the ruler.

<!-- fold The tree, 35 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1478-pg503-part65:e4:o4:1
# text = To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires, since the ring has warned that every wicked act will bring pain and punishment to the ruler.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	committing	commit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	conj	_	_
16	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
17	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	desires	desire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
24	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	warned	warn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
27	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	29	det	_	_
28	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
30	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	ccomp	_	_
32	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | the advantage of power lies |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent advantage=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  | good |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **commit** | gerund |  | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme |
| 4 | **desire** | present | evil one |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present · perfect | the ring |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **bring** | future | every wicked act | pain and punishment |  | the ruler |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pain=Theme to ruler=Destination |

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