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title: What did the woman draw to the ground after freeing the avenger? — Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the woman draw to the ground after freeing the avenger? Exam question 2 of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 2 · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

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What did the woman draw to the ground after freeing the avenger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** woman · **What happens:** draw, free · **To what, where:** ground, avenger

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» 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/1270-pg338-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e2:1
# text = What did the woman draw to the ground after freeing the avenger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	freeing	free	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	avenger	avenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past · do-support | the woman |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent what=Theme to ground=Destination |
| 2 | **free** | gerund | the woman *not said here* | the avenger |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer avenger=Source |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sticky bark like a cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = The sticky bark like a cloak
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The loosened bark, like an open jacket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = The loosened bark, like an open jacket
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loosened	loosen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **loosen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The loosened bark that had held him, which fell open around the trunk like a jacket left open

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = The loosened bark that had held him, which fell open around the trunk like a jacket left open
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loosened	loosen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	around	around	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
18	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **loosen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | past · perfect · passive |  | the loosened bark |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme he=Eventuality |
| 3 | **fall** | past | the loosened bark |  |  | the trunk |  | like a jacket; open *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around trunk=Location |
| 4 | **leave** | participle |  | a jacket *not said here* |  |  |  | open *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The strips of loosened bark, which curled down the trunk the way an open jacket hangs from the shoulders

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = The strips of loosened bark, which curled down the trunk the way an open jacket hangs from the shoulders
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strips	strip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	loosened	loosen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	curled	curl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **loosen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **curl down** | participle · passive |  | the strips of loosened bark |  |  |  | the trunk *obl*; the way *obl:unmarked* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **hang** | present | a open jacket | the way *not said here* |  | the shoulders |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=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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