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title: What motivated the emperor's decision to assist in the search for th… — Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the ba… · tree and pragmatics
description: What motivated the emperor's decision to assist in the search for the maiden? Exam question 1 of lesson 676 «Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagle carries her off, the prince searches» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagl…

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What motivated the emperor's decision to assist in the search for the maiden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** emperor · **What happens:** motivate, assist, decide · **To what, where:** decision, search

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 676 «Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagle carries her off, the prince searches» 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/676-pg2435-part16/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:676-pg2435-part16:e1:1
# text = What motivated the emperor's decision to assist in the search for the maiden?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	motivated	motivate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **motivate** | past |  | the emperor's decision |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Patient |
| 2 | **assist** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the search for the maiden |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **decide** |  | the emperor |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act 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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Paternal affection for his son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:676-pg2435-part16:e1:o1:1
# text = Paternal affection for his son
1	Paternal	Paternal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A desire to reward the old couple for their loyal service and to prove his power across the land

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:676-pg2435-part16:e1:o2:1
# text = A desire to reward the old couple for their loyal service and to prove his power across the land
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reward	reward	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	across	across	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | to-infinitive | a desire | the old couple |  |  |  | for their loyal service | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent couple=Theme for service=Attribute |
| 2 | **prove** | to-infinitive | a desire *not said here* | desire's power |  | the land |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |
| 3 | **service** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pride in his royal bloodline

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:676-pg2435-part16:e1:o3:1
# text = Pride in his royal bloodline
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bloodline	bloodline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Concern that the lost girl might be a spy sent by his enemies to steal the imperial treasure

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:676-pg2435-part16:e1:o4:1
# text = Concern that the lost girl might be a spy sent by his enemies to steal the imperial treasure
1	Concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	acl	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	imperial	imperial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | might | Concern | a spy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **send** | participle |  | a spy *not said here* |  |  |  | by his enemies | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **steal** | to-infinitive |  | the imperial treasure |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location treasure=Theme |

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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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