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title: In the tale, what is the principal wish of the protagonist? — Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the tale, what is the principal wish of the protagonist? Exam question 1 of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…

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In the tale, what is the principal wish of the protagonist?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tale · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** principal wish

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» 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/1546-pg540-part43/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e1:1
# text = In the tale, what is the principal wish of the protagonist?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the tale | the principal wish |  |  |  | of the protagonist | tree rules |

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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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To gain a fine house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e1:o1:1
# text = To gain a fine house
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	gain	gain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | to-infinitive |  | a fine house |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To obtain large riches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e1:o2:1
# text = To obtain large riches
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | large riches |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rich=Theme |

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

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To acquire great wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e1:o3:1
# text = To acquire great wealth
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | to-infinitive |  | great wealth |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wealth=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To acquire great wealth so that he might live as a lord for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e1:o4:1
# text = To acquire great wealth so that he might live as a lord for ever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | to-infinitive |  | great wealth |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wealth=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | might | he |  |  |  |  | as a lord | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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