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title: What reason did the hunters give for fleeing the stranger? — Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason did the hunters give for fleeing the stranger? Exam question 4 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 option; M
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# Exam question 4 · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

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What reason did the hunters give for fleeing the stranger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reason, hunters · **What happens:** do, give, flee · **To what, where:** stranger

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e4:1
# text = What reason did the hunters give for fleeing the stranger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fleeing	flee	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the hunters |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **flee** | gerund | the hunters *not said here* | the stranger |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stranger=Initial\_Location |

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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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They feared the sacred arrow the stranger carried, which had killed a whole row of buffalo with one shot

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e4:o1:1
# text = They feared the sacred arrow the stranger carried, which had killed a whole row of buffalo with one shot
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | They | the sacred arrow |  |  |  | with one shot | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arrow=Stimulus |
| 2 | **carry** | past | the stranger | the sacred arrow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme |
| 3 | **kill** | past · perfect | the sacred arrow | a whole row of buffalo |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Theme |

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

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They feared the sacred arrow the stranger carried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e4:o2:1
# text = They feared the sacred arrow the stranger carried
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | They | the sacred arrow |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arrow=Stimulus |
| 2 | **carry** | past | the stranger | the sacred arrow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They feared the stranger's strange spear and bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e4:o3:1
# text = They feared the stranger's strange spear and bow
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | They | the stranger's strange spear and bow |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spear=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had seen his cursed quiver at camp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e4:o4:1
# text = They had seen his cursed quiver at camp
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	quiver	quiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · perfect | They | his cursed quiver |  | camp |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quiver=Stimulus |
| 2 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **quiver** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom quiver «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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