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title: Explain why the king consented to postpone the ceremony and banquet. — Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain why the king consented to postpone the ceremony and banquet. Exam question 4 of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 4 · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…

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Explain why the king consented to postpone the ceremony and banquet.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, king · **What happens:** explain, consent, postpone · **To what, where:** ceremony · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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/1652-pg5615-part41/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e4:1
# text = Explain why the king consented to postpone the ceremony and banquet.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	consented	consent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	postpone	postpone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **consent** | participle | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **postpone** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the ceremony and banquet |  |  |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The princess's gown was unfit to be worn in public, and the tailors had no time to mend it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e4:o1:1
# text = The princess's gown was unfit to be worn in public, and the tailors had no time to mend it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	unfit	unfit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tailors	tailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	mend	mend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	acl	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the princess's gown |  |  |  |  | unfit *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | to-infinitive · passive | the princess's gown *not said here* |  |  | public |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» |
| 3 | **have** | past | the tailors |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mend** | to-infinitive | the tailors *not said here* | gown |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The princess's gown was unfit to be worn in public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e4:o2:1
# text = The princess's gown was unfit to be worn in public
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	unfit	unfit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the princess's gown |  |  |  |  | unfit *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | to-infinitive · passive | the princess's gown *not said here* |  |  | public |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The princess's mantle was lost in the storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e4:o3:1
# text = The princess's mantle was lost in the storm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | the princess's mantle |  | the storm |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The wedding guests had all gone home already

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e4:o4:1
# text = The wedding guests had all gone home already
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	already	already	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · perfect | the wedding guests |  |  |  |  | all, home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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