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title: Identify the principal motive that governs Tiidu's conduct throughou… — Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: T… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal motive that governs Tiidu's conduct throughout the narrative passage under examination. Exam question 2 of lesson 678 «Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla and becomes a scullion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla…

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Identify the principal motive that governs Tiidu's conduct throughout the narrative passage under examination.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal motive, Tiidu · **What happens:** identify, govern, conduct · **To what, where:** principal motive, conduct

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 678 «Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla and becomes a scullion» 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/678-pg2435-part18/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal motive that governs Tiidu's conduct throughout the narrative passage under examination.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	governs	govern	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal motive |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent motive=Theme |
| 2 | **govern** | present | the principal motive | Tiidu's conduct |  |  | throughout the narrative passage under examination |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | Tiidu |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «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 {#o1}

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A constant and overwhelming craving to become rich at any cost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e2:o1:1
# text = A constant and overwhelming craving to become rich at any cost
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	constant	constant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	overwhelming	overwhelming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	craving	craving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A longing for fame and power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e2:o2:1
# text = A longing for fame and power
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	longing	longing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An insatiable desire for wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e2:o3:1
# text = An insatiable desire for wealth
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	insatiable	insatiable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An unending hunger for money that drives every action he takes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e2:o4:1
# text = An unending hunger for money that drives every action he takes
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unending	unending	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | a unending hunger for money | every action |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme action=Trajectory |
| 2 | **take** | present | a unending hunger for money |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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