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title: How long did the interval between midnight and dawn allow the inhabi… — Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the a… · tree and pragmatics
description: How long did the interval between midnight and dawn allow the inhabitants of the village to rest? Exam question 2 of lesson 1271 «Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the red eagle and wins the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 2 · Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the re…

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How long did the interval between midnight and dawn allow the inhabitants of the village to rest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** interval · **What happens:** do, allow, rest · **To what, where:** inhabitants

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1271 «Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the red eagle and wins the princess» 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/1271-pg338-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e2:1
# text = How long did the interval between midnight and dawn allow the inhabitants of the village to rest?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	allow	allow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **allow** | present | the interval between midnight and dawn | the inhabitants of the village |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **rest** | to-infinitive | the interval between midnight and dawn *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was short indeed, affording little repose.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = It was short indeed, affording little repose.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	affording	afford	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	repose	repose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | indeed, short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **afford** | gerund |  | little repose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was long and restful, nearly peaceful.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = It was long and restful, nearly peaceful.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	restful	restful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | nearly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It lasted the entire night, giving the people time to sleep soundly and dream of the eagle hunt tomorrow.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = It lasted the entire night, giving the people time to sleep soundly and dream of the eagle hunt tomorrow.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lasted	last	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	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	soundly	soundly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	dream	dream	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
19	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	_
20	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | It |  |  |  | night |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **dream** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **hunt** | present |  |  |  |  | tomorrow | of the eagle | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They slept well until the morning bell.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = They slept well until the morning bell.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | They |  |  |  | until the morning bell | well *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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