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title: Pursuant to the narrative, to what cause may the sovereign's failure… — Historical Tales, The King and His Haw… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the narrative, to what cause may the sovereign's failure to obtain water be attributed? Exam question 1 of lesson 354 «Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirsty king is kept from drinking by his pet hawk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 1 · Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirst…

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Pursuant to the narrative, to what cause may the sovereign's failure to obtain water be attributed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cause · **What happens:** failure, obtain, attribute · **To what, where:** water

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 354 «Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirsty king is kept from drinking by his pet hawk» 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/354-pg18442-part14/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the narrative, to what cause may the sovereign's failure to obtain water be attributed?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **failure** | may | cause |  |  |  |  | to the narrative | tree rules |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **attribute** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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the thirst of his tired horse and men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e1:o1:1
# text = the thirst of his tired horse and men
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thirst** |  | his tired horse and men |  |  |  |  |  | nom thirst «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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the repeated interference of his pet hawk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e1:o2:1
# text = the repeated interference of his pet hawk
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	interference	interference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **interfere** |  | his pet hawk |  |  |  |  |  | nom interference «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the hawk's repeated interference and the dry summer heat across the mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e1:o3:1
# text = the hawk's repeated interference and the dry summer heat across the mountains
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	interference	interference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **interfere** |  | the hawk |  |  |  |  |  | nom interference «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the repeated interference of his pet hawk with the cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e1:o4:1
# text = the repeated interference of his pet hawk with the cup
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	interference	interference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **interfere** |  | his pet hawk with the cup |  |  |  |  |  | nom interference «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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