--- title: What task did the counsellor Red propose for Ring, and for what purp… — Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: bar… · tree and pragmatics description: What task did the counsellor Red propose for Ring, and for what purpose was the King persuaded? Exam question 3 of lesson 1731 «Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, the Giant's service, the wild oxen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1731-pg640-part55/e3/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: bar…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1731-pg640-part55/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, th… What task did the counsellor Red propose for Ring, and for what purpose was the King persuaded? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** task, counsellor, purpose · **What happens:** do, propose, be, persuade · **To what, where:** King This is exam question 3 of lesson 1731 «Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, the Giant's service, the wild oxen» 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/1731-pg640-part55/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e3:1 # text = What task did the counsellor Red propose for Ring, and for what purpose was the King persuaded? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 counsellor counsellor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 7 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ _ 14 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 18 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | task | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **propose** | infinitive | the counsellor | | | | | for Ring | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | purpose | the King | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **persuade** | participle | | the King *not said here* | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} to hunt deer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e3:o1:1 # text = to hunt deer 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hunt hunt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | | deer | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} to slay the wild oxen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e3:o2:1 # text = to slay the wild oxen 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 slay slay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slay** | to-infinitive | | the wild oxen | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} to chop the old trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e3:o3:1 # text = to chop the old trees 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 chop chop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop** | to-infinitive | | the old trees | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} to fetch wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e3:o4:1 # text = to fetch wood 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | | wood | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=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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