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title: What did Prince Houssain resolve to do after purchasing the tapestry… — Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prin… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Prince Houssain resolve to do after purchasing the tapestry, and what was his motive for doing so? Exam question 4 of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What did Prince Houssain resolve to do after purchasing the tapestry, and what was his motive for doing so?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Houssain, motive · **What happens:** resolve, do, purchase, be · **To what, where:** tapestry, motive

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» 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/1493-pg503-part80/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e4:1
# text = What did Prince Houssain resolve to do after purchasing the tapestry, and what was his motive for doing so?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	resolve	resolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	purchasing	purchase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
18	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past · do-support | Houssain  Prince |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Houssain  Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **purchase** | gerund | Houssain  Prince *not said here* | the tapestry |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tapestry=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | past |  | Houssain's motive |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | gerund | Houssain's motive *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He decided to remain in Bisnagar for a few months in order to study the king, his court, and the customs and manners of the land closely.

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e4:o1:1
# text = He decided to remain in Bisnagar for a few months in order to study the king, his court, and the customs and manners of the land closely.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Bisnagar	Bisnagar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	fixed	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	study	study	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | He |  |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | Bisnagar | month |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bisnagar=Location |
| 3 | **study** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the king  king's court |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Topic |
| 4 | **manners** |  | the customs |  |  |  |  | of the land | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He resolved to remain at Bisnagar for some months, in order to study the king and the customs of the land.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e4:o2:1
# text = He resolved to remain at Bisnagar for some months, in order to study the king and the customs of the land.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Bisnagar	Bisnagar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	fixed	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	study	study	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | Bisnagar | month |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bisnagar=Location |
| 3 | **study** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the king and the customs of the land |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He resolved to remain at Bisnagar for some months, in order to observe the king, the court and the customs of the land.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e4:o3:1
# text = He resolved to remain at Bisnagar for some months, in order to observe the king, the court and the customs of the land.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Bisnagar	Bisnagar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	fixed	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | Bisnagar | month |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bisnagar=Location |
| 3 | **observe** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the king  the court and the customs of the land |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He resolved to remain at Bisnagar for some months, in order to observe the king, the court and the customs of the land, and he also decided to take many walks through the markets to learn how the merchants traded their goods.

<!-- fold The tree, 42 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:e4:o4:1
# text = He resolved to remain at Bisnagar for some months, in order to observe the king, the court and the customs of the land, and he also decided to take many walks through the markets to learn how the merchants traded their goods.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Bisnagar	Bisnagar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	fixed	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	also	also	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
33	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	walks	walk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	_
35	through	through	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	advcl	_	_
40	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	43	advmod	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nsubj	_	_
43	traded	trade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	ccomp	_	_
44	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | Bisnagar | month |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bisnagar=Location |
| 3 | **observe** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the king  the court and the customs of the land |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Topic |
| 4 | **decide** | past | Bisnagar |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bisnagar *not said here* | many walks |  | the markets |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Theme |
| 6 | **learn** | to-infinitive | Bisnagar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **trade** | past | the merchants | merchants's goods |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme |

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