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title: What was the principal motive which induced the Tanuki to embark upo… — pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal motive which induced the Tanuki to embark upon the excursion? Exam question 2 of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 2 · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th…

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What was the principal motive which induced the Tanuki to embark upon the excursion?

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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/1618-pg5615-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:e2:1
# text = What was the principal motive which induced the Tanuki to embark upon the excursion?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	induced	induce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	embark	embark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	excursion	excursion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the principal motive |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **induce** | past | the principal motive | the Tanuki |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tanuki=Patient |
| 3 | **embark** | to-infinitive | the principal motive *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon the excursion | tree rules |

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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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He was lonely and wished for company on the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = He was lonely and wished for company on the water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wished	wish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | lonely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wish** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for company on the water | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for company=Theme |

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

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He was enfeebled and famished, and therefore accepted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = He was enfeebled and famished, and therefore accepted
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	enfeebled	enfeeble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	famished	famish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enfeeble** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **famish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **accept** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He wished to visit the hare's home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = He wished to visit the hare's home
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **visit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the hare's home |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was enfeebled and famished by long fasting, and therefore gladly accepted the invitation

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = He was enfeebled and famished by long fasting, and therefore gladly accepted the invitation
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	enfeebled	enfeeble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	famished	famish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fasting	fasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	gladly	gladly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enfeeble** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **famish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by long fasting | tree rules |
| 3 | **accept** | past |  | the invitation |  |  |  | gladly, therefore *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme |

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