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title: Why did the fairy want the fountain kept clean? — Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the fairy want the fountain kept clean? Test 8 · ★ 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 question and of each opt
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# Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

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Why did the fairy want the fountain kept clean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy, fountain · **What happens:** want, keep

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This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t8:1
# text = Why did the fairy want the fountain kept clean?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	xcomp	_	_
9	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past · do-support | the fairy |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | past | the fountain |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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Cos she said the sheep would drink if it's clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t8:o1:1
# text = Cos she said the sheep would drink if it's clean
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Cos |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drink** | would | the sheep |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Cos the water tastes better that way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t8:o2:1
# text = Cos the water tastes better that way
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	better	better	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | present |  |  |  |  |  | cos the water; better that way | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cos dirty water makes the sheep ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t8:o3:1
# text = Cos dirty water makes the sheep ill
1	Cos	cos	ADV	AFX	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | dirty water | the sheep |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sheep=Product |

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

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Cos she said the kids stay together if the sun hits it clear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t8:o4:1
# text = Cos she said the kids stay together if the sun hits it clear
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Cos | the kids |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kid=Topic |
| 2 | **stay together** | present | Cos |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hit** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the sun | it |  |  |  | clear *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |

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