--- title: What is the principal cause of the soldiers' petition for dismissal? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the principal cause of the soldiers' petition for dismissal? Exam question 4 of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/741-pg2591-part17/e4/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/741-pg2591-part17/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the… What is the principal cause of the soldiers' petition for dismissal? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** soldiers · **What happens:** be, petition · **To what, where:** principal cause This is exam question 4 of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» 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/741-pg2591-part17/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e4:1 # text = What is the principal cause of the soldiers' petition for dismissal? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 dismissal dismissal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the principal cause | | | | of the soldiers's petition for dismissal | tree rules | | 2 | **petition** | | the soldiers | | | | | for dismissal | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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} Their pay was late ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e4:o1:1 # text = Their pay was late 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 pay pay NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Their pay | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pay** | | Their *= they* | | | | | | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Their wish to return home to their families now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e4:o2:1 # text = Their wish to return home to their families now 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | to-infinitive | Their wish | | | | now | to their families *result*; home *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to family=Result | | 2 | **wish** | | Their *= they* | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Their fear of his power to slay seven at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e4:o3:1 # text = Their fear of his power to slay seven at once 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slay** | to-infinitive | Their fear of fear's power | seven | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=Patient | | 2 | **fear** | | Their *= they* | fear's power | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Their anger at the king for low wages ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e4:o4:1 # text = Their anger at the king for low wages 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **anger** | | Their *= they* | | | | | at the king; for low wages | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=obl for=obl | **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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