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title: What reason did the queen give for appointing the prince as goose-boy? — Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason did the queen give for appointing the prince as goose-boy? Exam question 2 of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 2 · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

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What reason did the queen give for appointing the prince as goose-boy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason, queen · **What happens:** do, give, appoint · **To what, where:** prince

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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/681-pg2435-part21/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:e2:1
# text = What reason did the queen give for appointing the prince as goose-boy?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	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	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	appointing	appoint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **appoint** | gerund | the queen *not said here* | the prince |  |  |  | as goose boy | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent prince=Theme as boy=Attribute |

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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 queen wished to test the stranger's humility, and she believed a prince would never accept such a low post willingly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:e2:o1:1
# text = The queen wished to test the stranger's humility, and she believed a prince would never accept such a low post willingly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
3	wished	wish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	humility	humility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
19	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	22	det:predet	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
23	willingly	willingly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | participle |  | the queen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **test** | to-infinitive |  | the stranger's humility |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent humility=Theme |
| 3 | **believe** | past | queen | a prince |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus |
| 4 | **not** **accept** | would | the queen | such low post |  |  |  | willingly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The palace had no one remaining to fill that post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:e2:o2:1
# text = The palace had no one remaining to fill that post
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the palace | no one |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 2 | **remain** | gerund | no one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fill** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | that post |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent post=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every other servant had left the palace for the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:e2:o3:1
# text = Every other servant had left the palace for the war
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive |  | every other servant |  |  |  | for the war | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme palace=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The post was empty and no one would take it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:e2:o4:1
# text = The post was empty and no one would take it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the post |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | would | no one | post |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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