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title: Taking the passage into account, what effect does the Yara's singing… — Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Taking the passage into account, what effect does the Yara's singing have upon Alonzo's senses and will? Exam question 4 of lesson 1217 «Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Yara and the hare calls up a spell» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 4 · Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Ya…

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Taking the passage into account, what effect does the Yara's singing have upon Alonzo's senses and will?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** effect, Yara · **What happens:** take, do, have, sing · **To what, where:** passage, account, singing

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1217 «Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Yara and the hare calls up a spell» 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/1217-pg3282-part18/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e4:1
# text = Taking the passage into account, what effect does the Yara's singing have upon Alonzo's senses and will?
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Yara	Yara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	Alonzo	Alonzo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	senses	sens	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | the passage |  | account |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent passage=Theme into account=Destination |
| 2 | **do** | present | what effect | the Yara's singing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singing=Eventuality |
| 3 | **have** | present | what effect *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon Alonzo's senses | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sing** |  | the Yara |  |  |  |  |  | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It makes him fall asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e4:o1:1
# text = It makes him fall asleep
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It gives him strength and brings his full courage back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e4:o2:1
# text = It gives him strength and brings his full courage back
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | strength | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient strength=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | present |  | his full courage |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent courage=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It makes him feel sleepy and calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e4:o3:1
# text = It makes him feel sleepy and calm
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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It causes his senses to fail and his will to weaken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e4:o4:1
# text = It causes his senses to fail and his will to weaken
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	senses	sens	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	weaken	weaken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | his senses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fail** | to-infinitive | his senses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **weaken** | to-infinitive | his senses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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