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title: What was the principal consequence of Narcissus's dreams for the Pri… — Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal consequence of Narcissus's dreams for the Princess? Exam question 4 of lesson 1879 «Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 1: Narcissus finds the hidden princess and falls in love» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla,…

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What was the principal consequence of Narcissus's dreams for the Princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Narcissus · **What happens:** be, dream · **To what, where:** principal consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1879 «Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 1: Narcissus finds the hidden princess and falls in love» 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/1879-pg7277-part16/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:e4:1
# text = What was the principal consequence of Narcissus's dreams for the Princess?
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	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Narcissus	Narcissus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 consequence |  |  |  | of Narcissus's dreams for the Princess | tree rules |
| 2 | **dream** |  | Narcissus |  |  |  |  | for the Princess | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent for=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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She came to dread their cessation, having found in them a delightful companion and a true friend

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:e4:o1:1
# text = She came to dread their cessation, having found in them a delightful companion and a true friend
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	dread	dread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	delightful	delightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dread** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | their cessation |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cessation=Stimulus |
| 3 | **find** | gerund · perfect | She *not said here* | a delightful companion and a true friend |  |  |  | in them *= they* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Topic |
| 4 | **cease** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She came to dread their cessation, having found in them a delightful companion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:e4:o2:1
# text = She came to dread their cessation, having found in them a delightful companion
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	dread	dread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	delightful	delightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dread** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | their cessation |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cessation=Stimulus |
| 3 | **have** | gerund | She *not said here* | a delightful companion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **find** | participle | a delightful companion *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in them *= they* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **cease** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She came to fear the King's visits to the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:e4:o3:1
# text = She came to fear the King's visits to the house
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fear	fear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fear** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the King's visits |  |  |  | to the house | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer visit=Stimulus |
| 3 | **visit** |  | the King |  |  |  |  |  | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She began to wish the dreams would never end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:e4:o4:1
# text = She began to wish the dreams would never end
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wish** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **end** | would | the dreams |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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