--- title: For what reason did the china Princess decline to be conveyed to Kan… — Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country… · tree and pragmatics description: For what reason did the china Princess decline to be conveyed to Kansas? Exam question 2 of lesson 1609 «Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the friends climb a china wall and meet the china people» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1609-pg55-part24/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/) / [Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1609-pg55-part24/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the frien… For what reason did the china Princess decline to be conveyed to Kansas? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, convey · **To what, where:** Princess decline, Kansas This is exam question 2 of lesson 1609 «Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the friends climb a china wall and meet the china people» 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/1609-pg55-part24/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e2:1 # text = For what reason did the china Princess decline to be conveyed to Kansas? 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 china china NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 decline decline NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Kansas Kansas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the Princess decline | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **convey** | to-infinitive · passive | | the Princess decline *not said here* | Kansas | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: to kansas=Recipient | 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} Her paint would fade away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e2:o1:1 # text = Her paint would fade away 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fade fade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade away** | would | Her paint | | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Her joints would stiffen if she left her home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e2:o2:1 # text = Her joints would stiffen if she left her home 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 joints joint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stiffen stiffen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stiffen** | would | Her joints | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | she | her home | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Her joints would stiffen and she could not walk back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e2:o3:1 # text = Her joints would stiffen and she could not walk back 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 joints joint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stiffen stiffen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stiffen** | would | Her joints | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **walk back** | could | she | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Her joints would stiffen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e2:o4:1 # text = Her joints would stiffen 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 joints joint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stiffen stiffen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stiffen** | would | Her joints | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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