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title: What circumstance prevented the children's families from possessing… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: What circumstance prevented the children's families from possessing a large garden? Exam question 3 of lesson 287 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror shatters and a splinter sticks in Kay» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror…

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What circumstance prevented the children's families from possessing a large garden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** circumstance · **What happens:** prevent, possess · **To what, where:** families, large garden

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 287 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror shatters and a splinter sticks in Kay» 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/287-pg1597-part14/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e3:1
# text = What circumstance prevented the children's families from possessing a large garden?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prevented	prevent	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	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | past | what circumstance | the children's families |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer family=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | gerund | what circumstance *not said here* | a large garden |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot garden=Theme |

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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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The vast number of towns and roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e3:o1:1
# text = The vast number of towns and roads
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The great number of houses and people packed into the narrow town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e3:o2:1
# text = The great number of houses and people packed into the narrow town
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | participle |  | houses and people *not said here* |  | the narrow town |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into town=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The great number of houses and people that filled every corner of the crowded town

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e3:o3:1
# text = The great number of houses and people that filled every corner of the crowded town
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | the great number of houses and people | every corner of the crowded town |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent corner=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The great number of houses and people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e3:o4:1
# text = The great number of houses and people
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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