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title: What undertaking did the Wind make concerning the poor man's corn? — Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What undertaking did the Wind make concerning the poor man's corn? Exam question 2 of lesson 1098 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the poor man gets a magic sack and loses it in a tavern» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the p…

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What undertaking did the Wind make concerning the poor man's corn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Wind · **What happens:** undertake, do, make, concern · **To what, where:** corn

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1098 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the poor man gets a magic sack and loses it in a tavern» 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/1098-pg29672-part4/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e2:1
# text = What undertaking did the Wind make concerning the poor man's corn?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | present | the Wind |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the Wind *not said here* | the poor man's corn |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus corn=Experiencer |

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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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That he would never return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e2:o1:1
# text = That he would never return
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
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	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **return** | would | he | That |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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That he would not blow away the poor man's corn in future

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e2:o2:1
# text = That he would not blow away the poor man's corn in future
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
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	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **blow away** | would | That | the poor man's corn |  |  |  | in future | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent corn=Patient in future=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That he would spare the man's crops from now on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e2:o3:1
# text = That he would spare the man's crops from now on
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADV	RB	_	10	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | would | That | the man's crops |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent crop=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That he would leave the corn alone for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e2:o4:1
# text = That he would leave the corn alone for good
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | would | That | the corn |  |  |  | for good; alone *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent corn=Theme for good=Recipient |

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