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title: For what purpose did the Fish address the assembled village? — Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven,… · tree and pragmatics
description: For what purpose did the Fish address the assembled village? Exam question 3 of lesson 1275 «Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin finds his eyes again, then seven friends set out to make war and the first warriors drop away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 3 · Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin fin…

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For what purpose did the Fish address the assembled village?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** purpose, Fish · **What happens:** do, address, assemble · **To what, where:** assembled village

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1275 «Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin finds his eyes again, then seven friends set out to make war and the first warriors drop away» 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/1275-pg338-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e3:1
# text = For what purpose did the Fish address the assembled village?
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Fish	Fish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	address	address	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | purpose |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **address** | present | the Fish | the assembled village |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Destination |
| 3 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «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 {#o1}

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To declare that they had come to make war upon the village and take all its women.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = To declare that they had come to make war upon the village and take all its women.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	declare	declare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past · perfect | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | war |  |  |  | upon the village | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset war=Product |
| 4 | **take** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  | village's women |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument woman=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To declare, in their strange tongue, that they had travelled far to make war on everyone present.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = To declare, in their strange tongue, that they had travelled far to make war on everyone present.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	declare	declare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	travelled	travell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
16	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	19	compound	_	_
19	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | their strange tongue |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **travell** | past · perfect | they |  |  |  |  | far *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | war |  | everyone present |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset war=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To announce that they wanted a feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = To announce that they wanted a feast.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	announce	announce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **want** | past | they | a feast |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot feast=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To declare that they had come to make war.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = To declare that they had come to make war.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	declare	declare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past · perfect | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | war |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset war=Product |

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