--- title: Which servant overheard the ravens, and what did he resolve to do? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, Jo… · tree and pragmatics description: Which servant overheard the ravens, and what did he resolve to do? Exam question 1 of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1483-pg503-part70/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, Jo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1483-pg503-part70/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston… Which servant overheard the ravens, and what did he resolve to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** servant · **What happens:** overhear, resolve, do · **To what, where:** ravens This is exam question 1 of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» 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/1483-pg503-part70/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:e1:1 # text = Which servant overheard the ravens, and what did he resolve to do? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 overheard overhear 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 ravens raven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 resolve resolve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overhear** | past | which servant | the ravens | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer raven=Stimulus | | 2 | **resolve** | past · do-support | servant | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | servant *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} The gardener, who vowed to warn the King ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:e1:o1:1 # text = The gardener, who vowed to warn the King 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 warn warn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vow** | past | the gardener | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the gardener *not said here* | | the King | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} A stable boy, who ran ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:e1:o2:1 # text = A stable boy, who ran 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 stable stable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | a stable boy | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Trusty John, who decided to keep silent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:e1:o3:1 # text = Trusty John, who decided to keep silent 1 Trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | Trusty John | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Trusty John *not said here* | | | | | silent *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Trusty John, who resolved to stand by his master ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:e1:o4:1 # text = Trusty John, who resolved to stand by his master 1 Trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resolve** | past | Trusty John | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | to-infinitive | Trusty John *not said here* | | | | | by John's master | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by master=Location | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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