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title: What circumstance interrupts King Maximilian's reading in the narrat… — Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goos… · tree and pragmatics
description: What circumstance interrupts King Maximilian's reading in the narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 4 · Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the k…

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What circumstance interrupts King Maximilian's reading in the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** circumstance, King · **What happens:** interrupt, read · **To what, where:** reading, narrative

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» 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/356-pg18442-part16/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e4:1
# text = What circumstance interrupts King Maximilian's reading in the narrative?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	interrupts	interrupt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Maximilian	Maximilian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
7	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **interrupt** | present | what circumstance | King's reading |  | the narrative |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Drowsiness induced by heat and shade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e4:o1:1
# text = Drowsiness induced by heat and shade
1	Drowsiness	drowsiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	induced	induce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **induce** | participle |  | Drowsiness *not said here* |  |  |  | by heat and shade | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A loud noise from the nearby road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e4:o2:1
# text = A loud noise from the nearby road
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A servant calling him to dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e4:o3:1
# text = A servant calling him to dinner
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund | a servant *not said here* | him *= he* | dinner |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Topic to dinner=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Boredom from the book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e4:o4:1
# text = Boredom from the book
1	Boredom	boredom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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