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title: What was the principal purpose of King Pluto in offering Proserpina… — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal purpose of King Pluto in offering Proserpina food? Exam question 1 of lesson 2075 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpina eats a dry pomegranate and leaves Pluto's realm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpi…

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What was the principal purpose of King Pluto in offering Proserpina food?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal purpose, Pluto · **What happens:** be, offer, purpose · **To what, where:** Proserpina food

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2075 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpina eats a dry pomegranate and leaves Pluto's realm» 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/2075-pg976-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e1:1
# text = What was the principal purpose of King Pluto in offering Proserpina food?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:desc	_	_
8	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	offering	offer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
11	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the principal purpose of Pluto  King |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **offer** | gerund | the principal purpose of Pluto  King *not said here* | Proserpina food |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | Pluto  King |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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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To punish Ceres by holding her daughter in the underworld for ever more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = To punish Ceres by holding her daughter in the underworld for ever more
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Ceres	Ceres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	underworld	underworld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	13	advmod	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | to-infinitive |  | Ceres |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceres=Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund |  | Ceres's daughter |  | the underworld |  | for more | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme in underworld=Location |

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

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To bind her to his dominions by means of a meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = To bind her to his dominions by means of a meal
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bind	bind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dominions	dominion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | to his dominions | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Patient to dominion=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a meal | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To trick her into staying in his realm forever, since eating below binds one to it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = To trick her into staying in his realm forever, since eating below binds one to it
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	trick	trick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
13	below	below	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	binds	bind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **stay** | gerund |  |  |  | his realm |  | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in realm=Location |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund |  | one |  | binds |  | to realm | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To keep her happy with rich dishes and gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = To keep her happy with rich dishes and gifts
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with rich dishes and gifts; happy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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