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title: On what occasion was Cinderlad instructed by the Foal to sever the h… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what occasion was Cinderlad instructed by the Foal to sever the heads of the seven foals? Exam question 1 of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads a…

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On what occasion was Cinderlad instructed by the Foal to sever the heads of the seven foals?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Foal · **What happens:** instruct, sever · **To what, where:** Cinderlad, heads

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» 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/1582-pg540-part79/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e1:1
# text = On what occasion was Cinderlad instructed by the Foal to sever the heads of the seven foals?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	Cinderlad	Cinderlad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	instructed	instruct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Foal	foal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	sever	sever	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · passive | the Foal | Cinderlad |  |  |  | on what occasion | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient on occasion=Topic |
| 2 | **sever** | to-infinitive | the Foal *not said here* | the heads of the seven foals |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

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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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After the long feast ended

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e1:o1:1
# text = After the long feast ended
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | the long feast |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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At dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e1:o2:1
# text = At dawn
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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On the day of his wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e1:o3:1
# text = On the day of his wedding
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wed** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At noon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e1:o4:1
# text = At noon
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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