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title: Which action did the farmer take upon learning of his son's marriage? — Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the farmer take upon learning of his son's marriage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 1 · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…

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Which action did the farmer take upon learning of his son's marriage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action, son · **What happens:** take, marry

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» 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/1306-pg3454-part31/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:e1:1
# text = Which action did the farmer take upon learning of his son's marriage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support | which action |  |  |  |  | upon learning of farmer's son's marriage | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **marry** |  | farmer's son |  |  |  |  |  | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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He ordered his son to leave his sight at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:e1:o1:1
# text = He ordered his son to leave his sight at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | He |  | his son |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his sight |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sight=Theme at once=Location |
| 3 | **sight** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He forbade his son from ever coming near again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:e1:o2:1
# text = He forbade his son from ever coming near again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forbade	forbid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
7	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	near	near	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past | He |  | his son |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer son=Beneficiary from ever=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  | again | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He flew into a rage and ordered his son out of the house immediately, whipping him with his cane at the door

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:e1:o3:1
# text = He flew into a rage and ordered his son out of the house immediately, whipping him with his cane at the door
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	whipping	whip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | He |  |  |  |  | into a rage *result*; immediately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rage=Result |
| 2 | **order** | past | He *not said here* |  | his son | the house |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme |
| 3 | **whip** | gerund | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the door |  | with his cane | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with cane=Instrument at door=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He disowned his son on the spot, declaring that he would never forgive him for marrying without consent

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:e1:o4:1
# text = He disowned his son on the spot, declaring that he would never forgive him for marrying without consent
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disowned	disown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	declaring	declare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	marrying	marry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	advcl	_	_
18	without	without	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disown** | past | He | his son |  | the spot |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **forgive** | would | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **marry** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without consent | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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