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title: Which action does Trusty John take in fulfilment of the promise made… — Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action does Trusty John take in fulfilment of the promise made to the late King? Exam question 1 of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

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Which action does Trusty John take in fulfilment of the promise made to the late King?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Trusty · **What happens:** do, take in, make, fulfil · **To what, where:** fulfilment, promise

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with 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/1482-pg503-part69/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e1:1
# text = Which action does Trusty John take in fulfilment of the promise made to the late King?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Trusty	Trusty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which action |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take in** | present | Trusty | fulfilment of the promise |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fulfilment=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | the promise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **fulfil** |  |  | the promise |  |  |  |  | nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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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He conceals from the young King what the locked chamber holds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e1:o1:1
# text = He conceals from the young King what the locked chamber holds
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conceals	conceal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | present | He |  |  |  |  | from the young King | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from king=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **hold** | present | the locked chamber |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He keeps the young King from the gold stores and royal records

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e1:o2:1
# text = He keeps the young King from the gold stores and royal records
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	stores	store	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | He |  | the young King | the gold stores and royal records |  |  | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer king=Beneficiary from store=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He withholds from the young King the contents of the locked chamber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e1:o3:1
# text = He withholds from the young King the contents of the locked chamber
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	withholds	withhold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | present | He |  |  |  |  | from the young King  the contents of the locked chamber | tree rules |
| 2 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He burns the portrait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e1:o4:1
# text = He burns the portrait
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	portrait	portrait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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

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