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title: What was the Blue Bird's principal motive for uttering his warning f… — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the Blue Bird's principal motive for uttering his warning from the chimney? Exam question 4 of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

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What was the Blue Bird's principal motive for uttering his warning from the chimney?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal motive, Bird · **What happens:** be, utter, warn · **To what, where:** principal motive, warning, chimney

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» 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/1867-pg7277-part4/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e4:1
# text = What was the Blue Bird's principal motive for uttering his warning from the chimney?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	uttering	utter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Blue Bird's principal motive |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | gerund | the Blue Bird's principal motive *not said here* | Bird's warning |  | the chimney |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent warning=Topic |
| 3 | **warn** |  | Bird |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To avert danger from his beloved Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = To avert danger from his beloved Princess
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	avert	avert	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	beloved	beloved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avert** | to-infinitive |  | danger |  |  |  | from his beloved Princess | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To warn the Princess so that she would not be tricked by the Queen and could escape the tower

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = To warn the Princess so that she would not be tricked by the Queen and could escape the tower
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  |  | the Princess |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **trick** | would · passive | the Queen | Princess |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 3 | **escape** | could |  | the tower |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tower=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To save the Princess from the Queen's plot, because he had loved her since childhood and wanted to be free again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = To save the Princess from the Queen's plot, because he had loved her since childhood and wanted to be free again
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	since	since	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	cop	_	_
22	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	_
23	again	again	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | the Princess |  | the Queen's plot |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent princess=Theme from plot=Source |
| 2 | **love** | past · perfect | he | Princess |  |  | since childhood |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 3 | **want** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **plot** |  | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom plot «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To win the Princess's hand in marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = To win the Princess's hand in marriage
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | the Princess's hand |  | marriage |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality |

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