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title: What is the principal reason for Celandine's distress on being rejec… — Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal reason for Celandine's distress on being rejected by Featherhead? Exam question 1 of lesson 1884 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is scorned and meets a grumpy old hag» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is sco…

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What is the principal reason for Celandine's distress on being rejected by Featherhead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal reason, Featherhead, Celandine · **What happens:** be, reject, distress · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1884 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is scorned and meets a grumpy old hag» 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/1884-pg7277-part21/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e1:1
# text = What is the principal reason for Celandine's distress on being rejected by Featherhead?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	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	1	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Celandine	Celandine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Featherhead	featherhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 for Celandine's distress |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reject** | gerund · passive | Featherhead | the principal reason for Celandine's distress *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **distress** |  | Celandine |  |  |  |  |  | nom distress «feeling 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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She is wounded by his cold dismissal of her, having given him her love

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e1:o1:1
# text = She is wounded by his cold dismissal of her, having given him her love
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	wounded	wound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	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	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dismissal	dismissal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wound** | present · passive | his cold dismissal of her | She |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **give** | gerund · perfect | his cold dismissal of her *not said here* | her love | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient love=Theme |
| 3 | **dismiss** |  | his *= he* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | nom dismissal «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 4 | **love** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She is upset that he has taken a portrait of another princess from town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e1:o2:1
# text = She is upset that he has taken a portrait of another princess from town
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	portrait	portrait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present · perfect | he | a portrait of another princess from town |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portrait=Theme |
| 3 | **portray** |  |  | another princess from town |  |  |  |  | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She feels hurt by his cold rejection after she gave him her heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e1:o3:1
# text = She feels hurt by his cold rejection after she gave him her heart
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	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	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rejection	rejection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive | his cold rejection | She |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | past | she | her heart | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient heart=Theme |
| 3 | **reject** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom rejection «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She is angry at the Fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e1:o4:1
# text = She is angry at the Fairy
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | at the Fairy; angry *property* | tree rules |

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