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title: With what did the Herdsman make his vow? — Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf,… · tree and pragmatics
description: With what did the Herdsman make his vow? Exam question 1 of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o…

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With what did the Herdsman make his vow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Herdsman · **What happens:** make, vow · **To what, where:** vow

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» 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/149-pg11339-part19/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e1:1
# text = With what did the Herdsman make his vow?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
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	Herdsman	Herdsman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · do-support | the Herdsman | Herdsman's vow |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary vow=Product |
| 2 | **vow** |  | Herdsman |  |  |  |  |  | nom vow «communication 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 {#o1}

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To offer a lamb to the god Mars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e1:o1:1
# text = To offer a lamb to the god Mars
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | to-infinitive |  | a lamb | the god |  |  | Mars *obl* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme to god=Goal |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To sacrifice a calf to Jupiter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e1:o2:1
# text = To sacrifice a calf to Jupiter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sacrifice** | to-infinitive |  | a calf | Jupiter |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent calf=Theme to jupiter=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To sell his cattle at the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e1:o3:1
# text = To sell his cattle at the market
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  | his cattle |  | the market |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme at market=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To sacrifice his best ox to Jupiter if he found the thief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:149-pg11339-part19:e1:o4:1
# text = To sacrifice his best ox to Jupiter if he found the thief
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sacrifice** | to-infinitive |  | his best ox | Jupiter |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ox=Theme to jupiter=Recipient |
| 2 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Jupiter | the thief |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Topic |

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