--- title: For what purpose did the king instruct his children to seek the two… — Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik,… · tree and pragmatics description: For what purpose did the king instruct his children to seek the two trees? Exam question 2 of lesson 698 «Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the children flee to the grove, and the prince is deceived» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/698-pg2435-part38/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/698-pg2435-part38/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the childre… For what purpose did the king instruct his children to seek the two trees? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** instruct, seek · **To what, where:** children, two trees This is exam question 2 of lesson 698 «Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the children flee to the grove, and the prince is deceived» 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/698-pg2435-part38/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e2:1 # text = For what purpose did the king instruct his children to seek the two trees? 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obl _ _ 3 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 instruct instruct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the king | | king's children | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient | | 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the two trees | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | 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} So they could bring back the royal treasure from the mountains ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e2:o1:1 # text = So they could bring back the royal treasure from the mountains 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring back** | could | they | the royal treasure | | the mountains | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} To help them win a war against the northern kings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e2:o2:1 # text = To help them win a war against the northern kings 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | to-infinitive | | them *= they* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **win** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | a war | | | | against the northern kings | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To secure their safety from enemies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e2:o3:1 # text = To secure their safety from enemies 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 secure secure VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **secure** | to-infinitive | | their safety | | enemies | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent safety=Theme from enemy=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} To guard their kingdom's throne ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e2:o4:1 # text = To guard their kingdom's throne 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 guard guard VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | to-infinitive | | their kingdom's throne | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Beneficiary | **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. 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