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title: What was the purpose of the sleeping-draught administered by the fal… — Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the t… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the purpose of the sleeping-draught administered by the false bride? Exam question 2 of lesson 1686 «Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 2 · Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the…

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What was the purpose of the sleeping-draught administered by the false bride?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, sleeping draught · **What happens:** be, administer, purpose · **To what, where:** sleeping draught

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1686 «Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the wedding» 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/1686-pg640-part10/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e2:1
# text = What was the purpose of the sleeping-draught administered by the false bride?
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	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	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 purpose of the sleeping draught |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **administer** | participle |  | the sleeping draught *not said here* |  |  |  | by the false bride | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the sleeping draught |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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to make the Prince dream of a better bride at the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e2:o1:1
# text = to make the Prince dream of a better bride at the feast
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the Prince dream of a better bride |  | the feast |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dream=Product |
| 2 | **dream** |  |  | a better bride |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

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to prevent the Prince from waking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e2:o2:1
# text = to prevent the Prince from waking
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer prince=Theme |
| 2 | **wake** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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to stop the Prince from waking so the bride could marry him secretly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e2:o3:1
# text = to stop the Prince from waking so the bride could marry him secretly
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wake** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **marry** | could | the bride | him *= he* |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to make the Prince forget her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e2:o4:1
# text = to make the Prince forget her
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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