--- title: What reason did the princess give for her feigned madness? — Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: t… · tree and pragmatics description: What reason did the princess give for her feigned madness? Exam question 2 of lesson 226 «Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back the princess and tricks the Sultan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/226-pg128-part66/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/226-pg128-part66/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back… What reason did the princess give for her feigned madness? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason, princess · **What happens:** do, give, feign This is exam question 2 of lesson 226 «Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back the princess and tricks the Sultan» 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/226-pg128-part66/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e2:1 # text = What reason did the princess give for her feigned madness? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 feigned feign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | reason | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | the princess | | | | | for princess's feigned madness | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for madness=Asset | | 3 | **feign** | participle | | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} Escape marriage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e2:o1:1 # text = Escape marriage 1 Escape escape VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | imperative | you *not said here* | marriage | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme marriage=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Avoid a hated match ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e2:o2:1 # text = Avoid a hated match 1 Avoid avoid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 hated hate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avoid** | imperative | you *not said here* | a hated match | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent match=Location | | 2 | **hate** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Escape from a forced marriage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e2:o3:1 # text = Escape from a forced marriage 1 Escape escape VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | a forced marriage | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from marriage=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **force** | participle | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Refuse the royal wedding ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:226-pg128-part66:e2:o4:1 # text = Refuse the royal wedding 1 Refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | the royal wedding | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme | **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. 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