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title: What is the principal function of Quicksilver's embassy to King Plut… — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal function of Quicksilver's embassy to King Pluto within the narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 2074 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres tests the baby in the fire, then lets the earth go barren» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres te…

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What is the principal function of Quicksilver's embassy to King Pluto within the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal function · **What happens:** be

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2074 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres tests the baby in the fire, then lets the earth go barren» 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/2074-pg976-part33/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:e4:1
# text = What is the principal function of Quicksilver's embassy to King Pluto within the narrative?
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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	embassy	embassy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:desc	_	_
12	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	within	within	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 function of Quicksilver's embassy to Pluto  King within the narrative |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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To arrange a marriage between Proserpina and Pluto

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:e4:o1:1
# text = To arrange a marriage between Proserpina and Pluto
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	arrange	arrange	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | to-infinitive |  | a marriage |  |  |  | between Proserpina and Pluto | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme between proserpina=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To procure the return of Proserpina and also to bring Pluto a message from Jupiter about his realm of the dead

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:e4:o2:1
# text = To procure the return of Proserpina and also to bring Pluto a message from Jupiter about his realm of the dead
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	procure	procure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **procure** | to-infinitive |  | the return of Proserpina |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  | a message | Pluto |  |  | about Jupiter's realm of the dead | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent pluto=Destination message=Theme |
| 3 | **return** |  | Proserpina |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To procure the return of Proserpina to the upper world, where Ceres had been searching for her in grief

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:e4:o3:1
# text = To procure the return of Proserpina to the upper world, where Ceres had been searching for her in grief
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	procure	procure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
13	Ceres	Ceres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux	_	_
16	searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **procure** | to-infinitive |  | the return of Proserpina |  |  |  | to the upper world | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Theme |
| 2 | **search** | past · perfect · progressive | Ceres |  |  | grief |  | for Proserpina | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for she=Theme in grief=Location |
| 3 | **return** |  | Proserpina |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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To procure the return of Proserpina to the upper world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2074-pg976-part33:e4:o4:1
# text = To procure the return of Proserpina to the upper world
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	procure	procure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **procure** | to-infinitive |  | the return of Proserpina |  |  |  | to the upper world | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Theme |
| 2 | **return** |  | Proserpina |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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