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title: Pursuant to the text, what annual tribute did Maurice undertake to s… — Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the text, what annual tribute did Maurice undertake to send to his mother? Exam question 2 of lesson 1305 «Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a blind piper dances with a sea lady and forgets his mother on the shore» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a blind piper dances wi…

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Pursuant to the text, what annual tribute did Maurice undertake to send to his mother?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** annual tribute · **What happens:** undertake, send · **To what, where:** text, mother

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1305 «Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a blind piper dances with a sea lady and forgets his mother on the shore» 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/1305-pg3454-part30/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e2:1
# text = Pursuant to the text, what annual tribute did Maurice undertake to send to his mother?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
7	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Maurice	Maurice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | annual tribute | the text |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | annual tribute *not said here* |  | Maurice's mother |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to mother=Destination |

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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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a basket of fish and a sealed letter of thanks to the lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e2:o1:1
# text = a basket of fish and a sealed letter of thanks to the lady
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **letter** |  |  | thanks to the lady |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a fine silver box filled with salt and herbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e2:o2:1
# text = a fine silver box filled with salt and herbs
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | participle |  | a fine silver box *not said here* |  |  |  | with salt and herbs | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with salt=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a piece of sea-washed glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e2:o3:1
# text = a piece of sea-washed glass
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a piece of burned wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e2:o4:1
# text = a piece of burned wood
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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