--- title: What was the fate of the man who ran from the barber? — Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies:… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the fate of the man who ran from the barber? Exam question 2 of lesson 1547 «Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies: a foolish family, three simpletons and a magic cloth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1547-pg540-part44/e2/) [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/) / [Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1547-pg540-part44/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies: a foolish family, th… What was the fate of the man who ran from the barber? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fate, man · **What happens:** be, run, fate · **To what, where:** man This is exam question 2 of lesson 1547 «Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies: a foolish family, three simpletons and a magic cloth» 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/1547-pg540-part44/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:e2:1 # text = What was the fate of the man who ran from the barber? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the fate of the man | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past | the man | | | | | from the barber | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from barber=Trajectory | | 3 | **fate** | | | the man | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient | 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} he fell down a steep rocky precipice and was never found again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:e2:o1:1 # text = he fell down a steep rocky precipice and was never found again 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 precipice precipice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | he | a steep rocky precipice | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **find** | past · passive | he *not said here* | | | | again | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» | ### Option 2 {#o2} he tumbled off a cliff and landed in a thorn bush below ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:e2:o2:1 # text = he tumbled off a cliff and landed in a thorn bush below 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tumbled tumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 below below ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tumble off** | past | he | a cliff | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cliff=Theme | | 2 | **land** | past | he *not said here* | | | a thorn bush | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in bush=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} he was caught by guards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:e2:o3:1 # text = he was caught by guards 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past · passive | guards | he | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he fell down a precipice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:e2:o4:1 # text = he fell down a precipice 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 precipice precipice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | he | a precipice | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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