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title: Describe the consequence of the dragon's and the mother's alarm on t… — Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the consequence of the dragon's and the mother's alarm on the following morning. Exam question 4 of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…

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Describe the consequence of the dragon's and the mother's alarm on the following morning.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mother · **What happens:** describe, follow, alarm · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» 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/1770-pg641-part21/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e4:1
# text = Describe the consequence of the dragon's and the mother's alarm on the following morning.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence of the dragon and the mother's alarm |  |  | morning |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **alarm** |  | the mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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they hastened to deliver the ducats to Stan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e4:o1:1
# text = they hastened to deliver the ducats to Stan
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hastened	hasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hasten** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the ducats | Stan |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme to stan=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they carried the club out to the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e4:o2:1
# text = they carried the club out to the field
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry out** | past | they | the club |  |  |  | to the field; out *property* | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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they rushed out to pay Stan the ducats, but Stan had already taken the brook and the trees

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e4:o3:1
# text = they rushed out to pay Stan the ducats, but Stan had already taken the brook and the trees
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushed	rush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	already	already	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush out** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result |
| 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  | Stan |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent stan=Recipient ducat=Asset |
| 3 | **take** | past · perfect · passive |  | Stan |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme brook=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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they locked the doors and fled the farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e4:o4:1
# text = they locked the doors and fled the farm
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past | they | the doors |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 2 | **flee** | past | they *not said here* | the farm |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme farm=Initial\_Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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