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title: What reason does the narrator attribute to the new king's prohibitio… — Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason does the narrator attribute to the new king's prohibition concerning the milk-brook? Exam question 3 of lesson 693 «Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 3 · Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked…

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What reason does the narrator attribute to the new king's prohibition concerning the milk-brook?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason, prohibition, new king · **What happens:** do, concern, prohibit · **To what, where:** narrator attribute, milk brook

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 693 «Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage» 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/693-pg2435-part33/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e3:1
# text = What reason does the narrator attribute to the new king's prohibition concerning the milk-brook?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what reason | the narrator attribute |  |  |  | to the new king's prohibition | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attribute=Eventuality |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the new king's prohibition *not said here* | the milk brook |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brook=Experiencer |
| 3 | **prohibit** |  | the new king |  |  |  |  |  | nom prohibition «communication 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 {#o1}

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because the milk was far too sour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e3:o1:1
# text = because the milk was far too sour
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the milk |  |  |  |  | far, sour *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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because the old queen had secretly cursed the brook long before his birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e3:o2:1
# text = because the old queen had secretly cursed the brook long before his birth
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
11	before	before	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	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past · perfect · passive |  | the old queen |  |  | before his birth | long, secretly *property* | tree rules |

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

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mere spite, since milk is plentiful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e3:o3:1
# text = mere spite, since milk is plentiful
1	mere	mere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	spite	spite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	since	since	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	plentiful	plentiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | mere spite since milk |  |  |  |  | plentiful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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to keep the brook for himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e3:o4:1
# text = to keep the brook for himself
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the brook |  |  |  | for himself *= he* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brook=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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