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title: Pursuant to what consideration did the Prince withdraw from the wedd… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderel… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to what consideration did the Prince withdraw from the wedding festivities? Exam question 2 of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the gol…

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Pursuant to what consideration did the Prince withdraw from the wedding festivities?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** consideration, Prince · **What happens:** do, withdraw · **To what, where:** wedding festivities

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» 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/1534-pg540-part31/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e2:1
# text = Pursuant to what consideration did the Prince withdraw from the wedding festivities?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
4	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	festivities	festivity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | consideration |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **withdraw** | present | the Prince |  |  | the wedding festivities |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from festivity=Initial\_Location |

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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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fear that the reindeer would return to the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e2:o1:1
# text = fear that the reindeer would return to the palace
1	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | would | the reindeer | fear *not said here* |  | the palace |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fear=Theme to palace=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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shame at so strange a bride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e2:o2:1
# text = shame at so strange a bride
1	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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anger at the feast's cost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e2:o3:1
# text = anger at the feast's cost
1	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** |  | the feast |  |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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grief for his lost mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e2:o4:1
# text = grief for his lost mother
1	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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