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title: What was the principal cause of the elder brothers' resentment durin… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal cause of the elder brothers' resentment during the sea voyage? Exam question 3 of lesson 775 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest prince is cheated, then wins his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest princ…

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What was the principal cause of the elder brothers' resentment during the sea voyage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** elder brothers · **What happens:** be, resent · **To what, where:** principal cause

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 775 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest prince is cheated, then wins his bride» 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/775-pg2591-part51/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e3:1
# text = What was the principal cause of the elder brothers' resentment during the sea voyage?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	resentment	resentment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal cause |  |  |  | of the elder brothers's resentment during the sea voyage | tree rules |
| 2 | **resent** |  | the elder brothers |  |  |  | during the sea voyage |  | nom resentment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent during=obl |

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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 prince's possession of the Water of Life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e3:o1:1
# text = The prince's possession of the Water of Life
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Life	Life	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** |  | the prince | the Water of Life |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The brothers' hunger for the royal crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e3:o2:1
# text = The brothers' hunger for the royal crown
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunger** |  | the brothers |  |  |  |  | for the royal crown | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The prince's possession of the Water of Life and his father's love

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e3:o3:1
# text = The prince's possession of the Water of Life and his father's love
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Life	Life	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** |  | the prince | the Water of Life |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 2 | **love** |  | Life's father |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The prince's possession of the Water of Life during the long voyage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e3:o4:1
# text = The prince's possession of the Water of Life during the long voyage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Life	Life	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** |  | the prince | the Water of Life |  |  | during the long voyage |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient during=obl |

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