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title: What reason does the old woman give the king for requiring a shut ca… — Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beaut… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason does the old woman give the king for requiring a shut carriage? Exam question 2 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: t…

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What reason does the old woman give the king for requiring a shut carriage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** give, require · **To what, where:** king, shut carriage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» 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/1640-pg5615-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e2:1
# text = What reason does the old woman give the king for requiring a shut carriage?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · do-support | what reason | the king |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | gerund | what reason *not said here* | a shut carriage |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme carriage=Precondition |

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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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Because the sunlight burns her skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = Because the sunlight burns her skin
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | the sunlight | sunlight's skin |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To keep her wrinkled face hidden away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = To keep her wrinkled face hidden away
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | her wrinkled face |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme |
| 2 | **wrinkle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **hide away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That no ray of light may fall upon her face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = That no ray of light may fall upon her face
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | may | that ray of light |  |  | ray's face |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon face=Location |
| 2 | **ray** |  |  | light |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because of a curse placed upon her by the fairies long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = Because of a curse placed upon her by the fairies long ago
1	Because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | participle |  | a curse *not said here* |  |  |  | upon her *= she*; by the fairies; ago *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon she=Destination |

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