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title: To what location does the man relocate his household, and for what r… — Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what location does the man relocate his household, and for what reason? Exam question 2 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 t
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# Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…

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To what location does the man relocate his household, and for what reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** relocate · **To what, where:** household

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e2:1
# text = To what location does the man relocate his household, and for what reason?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	relocate	relocate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
14	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** | present · do-support | the man | man's household |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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To a land of plenty, to flee hunger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e2:o1:1
# text = To a land of plenty, to flee hunger
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	flee	flee	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | to-infinitive |  | hunger |  |  |  | to a land of plenty | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hunger=Initial\_Location |

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

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To a land without death, to escape mortality

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e2:o2:1
# text = To a land without death, to escape mortality
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	mortality	mortality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | to-infinitive |  | mortality |  |  |  | to a land without death | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mortality=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To a land without death, to escape mortality and the grave altogether

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e2:o3:1
# text = To a land without death, to escape mortality and the grave altogether
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	mortality	mortality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | to-infinitive |  | mortality and the grave |  |  |  | to a land without death; altogether *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mortality=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To a land without death, to escape mortality, after the whole village had fallen ill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e2:o4:1
# text = To a land without death, to escape mortality, after the whole village had fallen ill
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	mortality	mortality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
17	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | to-infinitive |  | mortality |  |  |  | to a land without death | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mortality=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **fall** | past · perfect | the whole village |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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