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title: For what purpose did Paridamie divide the character of Rosanella? — Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees… · tree and pragmatics
description: For what purpose did Paridamie divide the character of Rosanella? Exam question 2 of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

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For what purpose did Paridamie divide the character of Rosanella?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Paridamie · **What happens:** divide · **To what, where:** character

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» 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/1876-pg7277-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:e2:1
# text = For what purpose did Paridamie divide the character of Rosanella?
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	divide	divide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Rosanella	Rosanella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | past · do-support | Paridamie | the character of Rosanella |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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In order that every fragment might separately captivate the Prince and his entire royal household

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = In order that every fragment might separately captivate the Prince and his entire royal household
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	fragment	fragment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	separately	separately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	captivate	captivate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
13	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **captivate** | might | every fragment | order |  |  |  | separately *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer prince=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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So that each of the twelve parts could individually enchant the young Prince at court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = So that each of the twelve parts could individually enchant the young Prince at court
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	individually	individually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	enchant	enchant	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | could |  | the young Prince |  | court |  | individually *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prince=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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So that each part might charm Prince Mirliflor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = So that each part might charm Prince Mirliflor
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	Mirliflor	Mirliflor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So each piece could tempt Mirliflor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = So each piece could tempt Mirliflor
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	tempt	tempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Mirliflor	Mirliflor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tempt** | could | each piece |  | Mirliflor |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirliflor=Recipient |

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