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title: State the reason the Count gave for his eventual change of heart tow… — Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Re… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the reason the Count gave for his eventual change of heart toward Renelde. Exam question 4 of lesson 1569 «Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning through soldiers, the Count's rage and the endless nettles, then sews his shroud» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 4 · Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning…

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State the reason the Count gave for his eventual change of heart toward Renelde.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reason, heart · **What happens:** give, change · **To what, where:** State

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1569 «Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning through soldiers, the Count's rage and the endless nettles, then sews his shroud» 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/1569-pg540-part66/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:e4:1
# text = State the reason the Count gave for his eventual change of heart toward Renelde.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Count	Count	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	eventual	eventual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Renelde	Renelde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the reason | State |  |  |  | for Count's eventual change of heart toward Renelde | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for change=Asset |
| 2 | **change** |  | heart |  |  |  |  | toward Renelde | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent toward=obl |

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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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his wish to be forgiven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:e4:o1:1
# text = his wish to be forgiven
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	forgiven	forgive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» |
| 2 | **wish** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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the relief of pain while she sewed the shroud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:e4:o2:1
# text = the relief of pain while she sewed the shroud
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shroud	shroud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | past | the relief of pain | the shroud |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shroud=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the comfort he felt while she sewed and prayed over the shroud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:e4:o3:1
# text = the comfort he felt while she sewed and prayed over the shroud
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	comfort	comfort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shroud	shroud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | the comfort |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sew** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pray** | past | the comfort *not said here* |  |  | the shroud |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the relief of pain each time she sewed the shroud for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:e4:o4:1
# text = the relief of pain each time she sewed the shroud for him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shroud	shroud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | past | the relief of pain | the shroud |  |  | time | for him *= he* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shroud=Material for he=Beneficiary |

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