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title: What is the principal reason the three companions resolved to depart… — Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Be… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal reason the three companions resolved to depart together? Exam question 4 of lesson 730 «Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways almost die, and a bean ends up with a black seam» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways a…

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What is the principal reason the three companions resolved to depart together?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal reason · **What happens:** be, resolve, depart · **To what, where:** three companions

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 730 «Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways almost die, and a bean ends up with a black seam» 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/730-pg2591-part6/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e4:1
# text = What is the principal reason the three companions resolved to depart together?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	together	together	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the principal reason  the three companions |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **resolve** | participle |  | the three companions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **depart** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To escape a renewed misfortune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e4:o1:1
# text = To escape a renewed misfortune
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	renewed	renew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | to-infinitive |  | a renewed misfortune |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme misfortune=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **renew** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To get away from new harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e4:o2:1
# text = To get away from new harm
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get away** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | new harm |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from harm=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To escape a renewed misfortune that had struck the old woman's house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e4:o3:1
# text = To escape a renewed misfortune that had struck the old woman's house
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	renewed	renew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | to-infinitive |  | a renewed misfortune |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **renew** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **strike** | past · perfect · passive |  | a renewed misfortune |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Because the old woman wanted them gone and they wished to go with a new friend

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e4:o4:1
# text = Because the old woman wanted them gone and they wished to go with a new friend
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the old woman | them *= they* |  |  |  | gone *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a new friend | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with friend=Beneficiary |

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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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