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title: What is the principal reason the King fails to respond to Fiordelisa… — Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-m… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal reason the King fails to respond to Fiordelisa's lamentations during the night? Exam question 2 of lesson 1870 «Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more night and wins back her husband, and Turritella becomes an owl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more ni…

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What is the principal reason the King fails to respond to Fiordelisa's lamentations during the night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King, Fiordelisa · **What happens:** be, fail, not respond, lament · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1870 «Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more night and wins back her husband, and Turritella becomes an owl» 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/1870-pg7277-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:e2:1
# text = What is the principal reason the King fails to respond to Fiordelisa's lamentations during the night?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fails	fail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	respond	respond	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	lamentations	lamentation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	during	during	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fail** | present | the King | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **respond** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* |  |  |  | night | to Fiordelisa's lamentations | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to lamentation=Theme |
| 4 | **lament** |  | Fiordelisa |  |  |  |  |  | nom lamentation «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He has been cursed by a fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = He has been cursed by a fairy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | present · perfect · passive | a fairy | He |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He has consumed a sleeping draught and is exhausted from the day's hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = He has consumed a sleeping draught and is exhausted from the day's hunting
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present · perfect | He | a sleeping draught |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Asset |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **exhaust** | present · passive | He *not said here* |  |  | the day's hunting |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 4 | **hunt** |  | the day |  |  |  |  |  | nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He has consumed a strong sleeping draught prepared by the Enchanter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = He has consumed a strong sleeping draught prepared by the Enchanter
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present · perfect | He | a strong sleeping draught |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Asset |
| 2 | **prepare** | participle |  | a strong sleeping draught *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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He has consumed a sleeping draught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1870-pg7277-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = He has consumed a sleeping draught
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present · perfect | He | a sleeping draught |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Asset |

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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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