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title: With reference to the passage, state the reason the papa stork gives… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, state the reason the papa stork gives for wishing to hide the swan feathers. Exam question 3 of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

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With reference to the passage, state the reason the papa stork gives for wishing to hide the swan feathers.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** papa stork · **What happens:** give, wish, hide · **To what, where:** reason, swan feathers

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» 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/890-pg27200-part101/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e3:1
# text = With reference to the passage, state the reason the papa stork gives for wishing to hide the swan feathers.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	papa	papa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | the papa stork | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** | gerund | the papa stork *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the papa stork *not said here* | the swan feathers |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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To stop the princesses flying north again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e3:o1:1
# text = To stop the princesses flying north again
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	north	north	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | the princesses |  |  | again |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality princess=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund | the princesses *not said here* |  |  |  |  | north *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To prevent the princesses from returning to the moor and the Marsh King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e3:o2:1
# text = To prevent the princesses from returning to the moor and the Marsh King
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Marsh	Marsh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | the princesses |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer princess=Theme |
| 2 | **return** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the moor *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to moor=Result |

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

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To prevent the princesses from returning to the moor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e3:o3:1
# text = To prevent the princesses from returning to the moor
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | the princesses |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer princess=Theme |
| 2 | **return** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the moor *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to moor=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To prevent the princesses from returning to the moor, so they stay with the storks forever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e3:o4:1
# text = To prevent the princesses from returning to the moor, so they stay with the storks forever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
17	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | the princesses |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer princess=Theme |
| 2 | **return** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the moor *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to moor=Result |
| 3 | **stay** | present | princesses *= princess* |  |  |  |  | with the storks; forever *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with stork=Location |

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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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