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title: Which action secured the release of Luned from her captors? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Ow… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action secured the release of Luned from her captors? Exam question 1 of lesson 1327 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him win Luned back from the giant and the captors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him…

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Which action secured the release of Luned from her captors?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** secure · **To what, where:** release, captors

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1327 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him win Luned back from the giant and the captors» 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/1327-pg3454-part52/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e1:1
# text = Which action secured the release of Luned from her captors?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	secured	secure	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	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Luned	Luned	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	captors	captor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | past | which action | the release of Luned |  | action's captors |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from captor=Source |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Owen offered himself in her place and the lion slew the youths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e1:o1:1
# text = Owen offered himself in her place and the lion slew the youths
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past | Owen | Owen |  | her place |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
| 2 | **slay** | past | the lion | the youths |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Owen bargained with the youths and the lion fled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e1:o2:1
# text = Owen bargained with the youths and the lion fled
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bargained	bargain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bargain** | past | Owen |  |  |  |  | with the youths | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with youth=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **flee** | past | the lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The earl gave Owen his gold and the lion helped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e1:o3:1
# text = The earl gave Owen his gold and the lion helped
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	earl	earl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	iobj	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the earl |  | Owen |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owen=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | past | earl's gold and the lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Owen gave his own life for Luned while the lion killed all the youths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e1:o4:1
# text = Owen gave his own life for Luned while the lion killed all the youths
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	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	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Luned	Luned	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Owen | Owen's own life |  |  |  | for Luned | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Theme for luned=Asset |
| 2 | **kill** | past | the lion | all youths |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme |

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