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title: What was the principal cause of the Emperor's emotion during the per… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal cause of the Emperor's emotion during the performance? Exam question 3 of lesson 1743 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Emperor hears of the bird, and the little kitchenmaid leads the Court to her in the wood» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Empe…

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What was the principal cause of the Emperor's emotion during the performance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Emperor · **What happens:** be, emote · **To what, where:** principal cause

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1743 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Emperor hears of the bird, and the little kitchenmaid leads the Court to her in the wood» 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/1743-pg640-part67/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e3:1
# text = What was the principal cause of the Emperor's emotion during the performance?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal cause |  |  |  | of the Emperor's emotion during the performance | tree rules |
| 2 | **emote** |  | the Emperor |  |  |  | during the performance |  | nom emotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent during=obl |

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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 bird's song drew tears from his eyes, and his whole court wept with him in silence

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e3:o1:1
# text = The bird's song drew tears from his eyes, and his whole court wept with him in silence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | the bird's song | tears |  | song's eyes |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent tear=Theme from eye=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **weep** | past | song's whole court |  |  |  |  | with song; in silence | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in silence=Theme |
| 3 | **sing** |  | the bird |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bird's song drew tears from his eyes as the lamps burned low

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e3:o2:1
# text = The bird's song drew tears from his eyes as the lamps burned low
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | the bird's song | tears |  | song's eyes |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent tear=Theme from eye=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **burn** | past | the lamps |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sing** |  | the bird |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The memory of his own lost childhood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e3:o3:1
# text = The memory of his own lost childhood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The bird's song drew tears from his eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e3:o4:1
# text = The bird's song drew tears from his eyes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | the bird's song | tears |  | song's eyes |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent tear=Theme from eye=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **sing** |  | the bird |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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