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title: What was the Queen's principal motive for abandoning the Princess in… — Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the Queen's principal motive for abandoning the Princess in the forest? Exam question 2 of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, pa…

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What was the Queen's principal motive for abandoning the Princess in the forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal motive · **What happens:** be, abandon · **To what, where:** principal motive, Princess, forest

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» 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/1542-pg540-part39/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e2:1
# text = What was the Queen's principal motive for abandoning the Princess in the forest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	abandoning	abandon	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Queen's principal motive |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **abandon** | gerund | the Queen's principal motive *not said here* | the Princess |  | the forest |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme princess=Source |

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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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to be rid of her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e2:o1:1
# text = to be rid of her
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of her *= she*; rid *property* | tree rules |

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

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to avenge the humiliation of her knights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e2:o2:1
# text = to avenge the humiliation of her knights
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	avenge	avenge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	humiliation	humiliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avenge** | to-infinitive |  | the humiliation of her knights |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **humiliate** |  |  | her knights |  |  |  |  | nom humiliation «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to rid the court of an unwanted girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e2:o3:1
# text = to rid the court of an unwanted girl
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rid	rid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rid** | to-infinitive |  | the court of a unwanted girl |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to punish the Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e2:o4:1
# text = to punish the Princess
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | to-infinitive |  | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |

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