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title: What was the purpose of the sleeping draught administered to the pri… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the purpose of the sleeping draught administered to the prince? Exam question 4 of lesson 769 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, part 45: Lily trades her golden dress for one night, but the prince sleeps through it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, part 45: Lily trad…

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What was the purpose of the sleeping draught administered to the prince?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, sleeping draught · **What happens:** be, administer, purpose · **To what, where:** sleeping draught, prince

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 769 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, part 45: Lily trades her golden dress for one night, but the prince sleeps through it» 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/769-pg2591-part45/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e4:1
# text = What was the purpose of the sleeping draught administered to the prince?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	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** | past | the purpose of the sleeping draught |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **administer** | participle |  | the sleeping draught *not said here* | the prince |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the sleeping draught |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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so he would not know his wife at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e4:o1:1
# text = so he would not know his wife at all
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | would | he | his wife |  | all |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to keep him from realizing who she was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e4:o2:1
# text = to keep him from realizing who she was
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	realizing	realize	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **realize** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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to prevent him perceiving his wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e4:o3:1
# text = to prevent him perceiving his wife
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme |
| 2 | **perceive** | gerund |  | his wife |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to stop him from ever waking to perceive his wife's return to the palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e4:o4:1
# text = to stop him from ever waking to perceive his wife's return to the palace
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	perceive	perceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wake** | gerund |  |  |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **perceive** | to-infinitive |  | his wife's return |  |  |  | to the palace | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent return=Theme to palace=be' |
| 4 | **return** |  | his wife |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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