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title: What did the Great Spirit Mulimo command the two heroes to do? — Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Great Spirit Mulimo command the two heroes to do? Exam question 4 of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 4 · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

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What did the Great Spirit Mulimo command the two heroes to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Great Spirit · **What happens:** do, command · **To what, where:** two heroes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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/1137-pg3027-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e4:1
# text = What did the Great Spirit Mulimo command the two heroes to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Mulimo	Mulimo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	command	command	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **command** | present | the Great Spirit | the two heroes |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent hero=Eventuality |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the Great Spirit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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to rule the land of Pita

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = to rule the land of Pita
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rule	rule	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Pita	Pita	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | to-infinitive |  | the land of Pita |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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to live forever in the clouds with him and to never return to the earth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = to live forever in the clouds with him and to never return to the earth
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the clouds with him |  | forever *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location |
| 2 | **not** **return** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the earth *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to climb the mountain and bring back the giant's treasure to the spirits of their fathers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = to climb the mountain and bring back the giant's treasure to the spirits of their fathers
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | to-infinitive |  | the mountain |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mountain=Theme |
| 2 | **bring back** | infinitive |  | the giant's treasure |  | the spirits of spirits's fathers |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme to spirit=Destination |
| 3 | **treasure** |  | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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to dwell with him in the clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = to dwell with him in the clouds
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dwell	dwell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the clouds |  | with him *= he* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location |

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