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title: What undertaking did the master recommend to his apprentice in order… — Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What undertaking did the master recommend to his apprentice in order to relieve the burden of the secret? Exam question 4 of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» of the books course o
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# Exam question 4 · Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of t…

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What undertaking did the master recommend to his apprentice in order to relieve the burden of the secret?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** master · **What happens:** undertake, recommend, relieve, burden · **To what, where:** apprentice, burden, secret

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» 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/1758-pg641-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:e4:1
# text = What undertaking did the master recommend to his apprentice in order to relieve the burden of the secret?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	recommend	recommend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	apprentice	apprentice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
11	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	fixed	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	relieve	relieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | gerund | the master *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **recommend** | past · do-support | the master |  | master's apprentice |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S\_INF»: agent=Agent to apprentice=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **relieve** | to-infinitive | the master *not said here* | the burden of the secret |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burden=Experiencer |
| 4 | **burden** |  |  | the secret |  |  |  |  | nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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writing the secret on paper and hiding it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = writing the secret on paper and hiding it
1	writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund |  | the secret |  | paper |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent secret=Theme on paper=Destination |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund |  | secret |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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digging a hole and whispering the secret into it three times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = digging a hole and whispering the secret into it three times
1	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	whispering	whisper	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund |  | a hole |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme |
| 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the secret |  | secret | time |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic into it=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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digging a hole in the forest and whispering the secret into it three times at dawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = digging a hole in the forest and whispering the secret into it three times at dawn
1	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	whispering	whisper	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
13	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund |  | a hole |  | the forest | dawn; time |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in forest=Location |
| 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the secret |  | secret |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic into it=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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going into the wood alone, digging a deep hole, and whispering the secret into it twice before covering it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = going into the wood alone, digging a deep hole, and whispering the secret into it twice before covering it
1	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	whispering	whisper	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
18	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	advmod	_	_
19	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	covering	cover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | the wood |  | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund |  | a deep hole |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme |
| 3 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the secret |  | secret |  | twice *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic into it=Recipient |
| 4 | **cover** | gerund |  | hole |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |

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