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title: What is the principal reason Marie gives for permitting Snowflake to… — Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl c… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal reason Marie gives for permitting Snowflake to attend the festivity? Exam question 4 of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 4 · Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then mel…

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What is the principal reason Marie gives for permitting Snowflake to attend the festivity?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Marie · **What happens:** be, give, permit, attend · **To what, where:** principal reason, Snowflake, festivity

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» 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/1637-pg5615-part26/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e4:1
# text = What is the principal reason Marie gives for permitting Snowflake to attend the festivity?
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	Marie	Marie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	permitting	permit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	Snowflake	snowflake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	festivity	festivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | Marie | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **permit** | gerund | Marie *not said here* | Snowflake |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer snowflake=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **attend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Marie *not said here* | the festivity |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme festivity=Goal |

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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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She wants the girl to have a happy time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e4:o1:1
# text = She wants the girl to have a happy time
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | She | the girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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She urges her to be happy with her friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e4:o2:1
# text = She urges her to be happy with her friends
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	urges	urge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **urge** | present | She |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with her friends; happy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She hopes the girl will enjoy the dancing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e4:o3:1
# text = She hopes the girl will enjoy the dancing
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hopes	hope	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **enjoy** | future | the girl | the dancing |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dancing=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She believes that the festival will bring the child good luck and protect her from harm all year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e4:o4:1
# text = She believes that the festival will bring the child good luck and protect her from harm all year
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bring** | future | the festival | good luck | the child |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent child=Destination luck=Theme |
| 3 | **protect** | infinitive | the festival *not said here* |  | child |  | year | from harm | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from harm=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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