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title: In the narrative, what is the principal motive for the queen's strat… — English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts:… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the narrative, what is the principal motive for the queen's stratagem against Anne? Exam question 1 of lesson 1972 «English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts: Kate saves her sister and cures the sick prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts: Kate saves her sist…

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In the narrative, what is the principal motive for the queen's stratagem against Anne?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** narrative · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** principal motive

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1972 «English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts: Kate saves her sister and cures the sick 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/1972-pg7439-part31/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:e1:1
# text = In the narrative, what is the principal motive for the queen's stratagem against Anne?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	against	against	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Anne	Anne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the narrative | the principal motive |  |  |  | for the queen's stratagem against Anne | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Envy of Anne's superior beauty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:e1:o1:1
# text = Envy of Anne's superior beauty
1	Envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	Anne	Anne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **envy** |  |  | Anne's superior beauty |  |  |  |  | nom envy «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Envy of Anne's superior beauty and youth at court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:e1:o2:1
# text = Envy of Anne's superior beauty and youth at court
1	Envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	Anne	Anne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **envy** |  |  | Anne's superior beauty at court and youth |  |  |  |  | nom envy «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Resentment of Anne's cooking skill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:e1:o3:1
# text = Resentment of Anne's cooking skill
1	Resentment	resentment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	Anne	Anne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resent** |  |  | Anne's cooking skill |  |  |  |  | nom resentment «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Desire to be rid of Anne's noble father's wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:e1:o4:1
# text = Desire to be rid of Anne's noble father's wealth
1	Desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	Anne	Anne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of Anne's noble father's wealth; rid *property* | tree rules |

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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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