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title: What warning is conveyed to Trusty John by the ravens, and how does… — Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King… · tree and pragmatics
description: What warning is conveyed to Trusty John by the ravens, and how does it bear upon the outcome? Exam question 4 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 tre
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

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What warning is conveyed to Trusty John by the ravens, and how does it bear upon the outcome?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Trusty, warning · **What happens:** convey, bear · **To what, where:** warning

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e4:1
# text = What warning is conveyed to Trusty John by the ravens, and how does it bear upon the outcome?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Trusty	Trusty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
7	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ravens	raven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | present · passive | Trusty | warning |  |  |  | by the ravens | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | present · do-support | warning |  |  |  |  | upon the outcome | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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The horse will carry the King off unless someone intervenes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e4:o1:1
# text = The horse will carry the King off unless someone intervenes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
10	intervenes	intervene	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | future | the horse | the King |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
| 2 | **intervene** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | someone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A chestnut horse will abduct the King unless it is shot dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e4:o2:1
# text = A chestnut horse will abduct the King unless it is shot dead
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	abduct	abduct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	shot	shoot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abduct** | future | a chestnut horse | the King |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
| 2 | **shoot** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | horse |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A chestnut horse will gallop the young King into the sky unless someone shoots it dead with a pistol at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e4:o3:1
# text = A chestnut horse will gallop the young King into the sky unless someone shoots it dead with a pistol at once
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	gallop	gallop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
14	shoots	shoot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	pistol	pistol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gallop** | future | a chestnut horse | the young King |  | the sky |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent king=Theme into sky=Trajectory |
| 2 | **shoot** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | someone | horse |  |  |  | with a pistol; dead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at once=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A grey horse will attack the Princess before the wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:e4:o4:1
# text = A grey horse will attack the Princess before the wedding
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | future | a grey horse | the Princess |  |  | before the wedding |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |

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