--- title: What is the principal reason the King spares the lives of the Queen… — Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the principal reason the King spares the lives of the Queen and Princess? Exam question 2 of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1538-pg540-part35/e2/) [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/) / [Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1538-pg540-part35/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides… What is the principal reason the King spares the lives of the Queen and Princess? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** be, spare · **To what, where:** principal reason, lives This is exam question 2 of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» 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/1538-pg540-part35/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e2:1 # text = What is the principal reason the King spares the lives of the Queen and Princess? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 spares spare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the principal reason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **spare** | present | the King | the lives of the Queen and Princess | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset | 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} His advisers think killing is wasteful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e2:o1:1 # text = His advisers think killing is wasteful 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 advisers adviser NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 killing killing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 wasteful wasteful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | His advisers | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | killing | | | | | wasteful *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He feels pity ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e2:o2:1 # text = He feels pity 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | He | pity | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} His courtiers consider the execution a pity ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e2:o3:1 # text = His courtiers consider the execution a pity 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 consider consider VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consider** | present | His courtiers | the execution | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent execution=Theme pity=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Because the people love the Queen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e2:o4:1 # text = Because the people love the Queen 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | the people | the Queen | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus | **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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