--- title: Which of the following is the stated purpose of the old man's wand i… — Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following is the stated purpose of the old man's wand if he should die? Exam question 4 of lesson 1647 «Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth reaches the moat round the church» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1647-pg5615-part36/e4/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1647-pg5615-part36/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth… Which of the following is the stated purpose of the old man's wand if he should die? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** follow, state, be, die · **To what, where:** wand This is exam question 4 of lesson 1647 «Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth reaches the moat round the church» 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/1647-pg5615-part36/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e4:1 # text = Which of the following is the stated purpose of the old man's wand if he should die? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | of the stated purpose; of the old man's wand | tree rules | | 4 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | man | the old man's wand *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} to set free the sisters and their lovers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e4:o1:1 # text = to set free the sisters and their lovers 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | to-infinitive | | the free sisters | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sister=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} to bewitch the youth and his lovers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e4:o2:1 # text = to bewitch the youth and his lovers 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 bewitch bewitch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bewitch** | to-infinitive | | the youth and his lovers | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus youth=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} to free the sisters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e4:o3:1 # text = to free the sisters 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} to set free the sisters and their lovers and the red ox and boar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e4:o4:1 # text = to set free the sisters and their lovers and the red ox and boar 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | to-infinitive | | the free sisters | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sister=Result | **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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