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title: What reason did the prince give for requiring that the marriage take… — Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason did the prince give for requiring that the marriage take place in his own country? Exam question 3 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 t
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# Exam question 3 · Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the childre…

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What reason did the prince give for requiring that the marriage take place in his own country?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reason, prince, marriage · **What happens:** do, give, require, take · **To what, where:** prince, place, own country

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e3:1
# text = What reason did the prince give for requiring that the marriage take place in his own country?
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	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	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** | past | reason | the prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **require** | gerund | reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 4 | **take** | infinitive | the marriage | place |  | marriage's own country |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in country=Location |

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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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The marriage must be held at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e3:o1:1
# text = The marriage must be held at home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | must · passive |  | the marriage |  | home |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at home=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His people wish to see it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e3:o2:1
# text = His people wish to see it
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wish	wish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | present | His people |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | His people *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The priests demand it here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e3:o3:1
# text = The priests demand it here
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	demand	demand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | present | the priests | it |  | here |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His father wanted it held in his own hall after the funeral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:698-pg2435-part38:e3:o4:1
# text = His father wanted it held in his own hall after the funeral
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | His father | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** *not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  | father's own hall after the funeral |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |

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