--- title: What was the principal motive of the fowls in visiting the duckyard? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal motive of the fowls in visiting the duckyard? Exam question 4 of lesson 942 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese Duck, part 1: a hurt songbird lands in a farmyard and is cared for by a duck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/942-pg27200-part153/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/942-pg27200-part153/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese Duck, part 1: a hur… What was the principal motive of the fowls in visiting the duckyard? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** principal motive, fowls · **What happens:** be, visit · **To what, where:** duckyard This is exam question 4 of lesson 942 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Portuguese Duck, part 1: a hurt songbird lands in a farmyard and is cared for by a duck» 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/942-pg27200-part153/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:e4:1 # text = What was the principal motive of the fowls in visiting the duckyard? 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 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 motive motive NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fowls fowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 in in SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 visiting visit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 duckyard duckyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the principal motive of the fowls | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **visit** | gerund | the fowls *not said here* | the duckyard | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duckyard=Co-Agent | 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} to get seeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:e4:o1:1 # text = to get seeds 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | | seeds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} for grain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:e4:o2:1 # text = for grain 1 for for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} to find corn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:e4:o3:1 # text = to find corn 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | to-infinitive | | corn | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} to obtain food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:942-pg27200-part153:e4:o4:1 # text = to obtain food 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 obtain obtain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | | food | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Theme | **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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