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title: Pursuant to the narrative, what was the Lion's principal motive for… — Aesop's Fables, The Lion in Love: a li… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the narrative, what was the Lion's principal motive for the proposed union? Exam question 1 of lesson 152 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion in Love: a lion wins a cottager's daughter by giving up his teeth and claws» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion in Love: a lion wins a cottager's…

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Pursuant to the narrative, what was the Lion's principal motive for the proposed union?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrative · **What happens:** be, propose · **To what, where:** principal motive

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 152 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion in Love: a lion wins a cottager's daughter by giving up his teeth and claws» 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/152-pg11339-part22/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:152-pg11339-part22:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the narrative, what was the Lion's principal motive for the proposed union?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	union	union	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the narrative | the Lion's principal motive |  |  |  | for the proposed union | tree rules |
| 2 | **propose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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Passionate desire for the girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:152-pg11339-part22:e1:o1:1
# text = Passionate desire for the girl
1	Passionate	passionate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **passionate** | imperative | you *not said here* | desire |  |  |  | for the girl | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Amorous attachment to the daughter, accompanied by a desire for wealth and power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:152-pg11339-part22:e1:o2:1
# text = Amorous attachment to the daughter, accompanied by a desire for wealth and power
1	Amorous	amorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	attachment	attachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle |  | Amorous attachment to the daughter *not said here* |  |  |  | by a desire for wealth and power | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by desire=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Amorous attachment to the daughter and the cottage's rich lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:152-pg11339-part22:e1:o3:1
# text = Amorous attachment to the daughter and the cottage's rich lands
1	Amorous	amorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	attachment	attachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Amorous attachment to the daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:152-pg11339-part22:e1:o4:1
# text = Amorous attachment to the daughter
1	Amorous	amorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	attachment	attachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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