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title: Which reason did the Prince give for permitting Kari to attempt the… — Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which reason did the Prince give for permitting Kari to attempt the shoe after the others? Exam question 3 of lesson 1550 «Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 3 · Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and…

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Which reason did the Prince give for permitting Kari to attempt the shoe after the others?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** give, permit, attempt · **To what, where:** Kari, shoe

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1550 «Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and the wedding» 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/1550-pg540-part47/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:e3:1
# text = Which reason did the Prince give for permitting Kari to attempt the shoe after the others?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	permitting	permit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	Kari	Kari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | which reason |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **permit** | gerund | which reason *not said here* | Kari |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kari=Theme |
| 3 | **attempt** | to-infinitive | which reason *not said here* | the shoe |  |  | after the others |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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All the others had tried it, so Kari might try too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:e3:o1:1
# text = All the others had tried it, so Kari might try too
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	tried	try	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	Kari	Kari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · perfect | all others | it |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **try** | might | Kari |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Since all the women tried, Kari could too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:e3:o2:1
# text = Since all the women tried, Kari could too
1	Since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	Kari	Kari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | all women |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The others had failed, so Kari might try

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:e3:o3:1
# text = The others had failed, so Kari might try
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	Kari	Kari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | past · perfect | the others |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **try** | might | Kari |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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All the others had tried it, so Kari might try too, for the gold shoe fit no one else

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1550-pg540-part47:e3:o4:1
# text = All the others had tried it, so Kari might try too, for the gold shoe fit no one else
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	tried	try	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	Kari	Kari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
18	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
19	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	20	det	_	_
20	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	else	else	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · perfect | all others | it |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **try** | might | Kari |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **fit** | present | Kari *not said here* | no one |  |  |  | for the gold shoe | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

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