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title: wait, why did the rich relatives keep their distance? — Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgili… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did the rich relatives keep their distance? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 5 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

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wait, why did the rich relatives keep their distance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, rich relatives · **What happens:** wait, keep · **To what, where:** distance

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1814-pg641-part65/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t5:1
# text = wait, why did the rich relatives keep their distance?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | past · do-support | the rich relatives | relatives's distance |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=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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Because they had long ago sworn a secret oath to the emperor to share all his inheritance among them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t5:o1:1
# text = Because they had long ago sworn a secret oath to the emperor to share all his inheritance among them
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	among	among	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past · perfect | they | a secret oath |  |  |  | to the emperor; ago *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | his inheritance |  |  |  | among them *= they* | tree rules |
| 3 | **inherit** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They wanted him to leave the city alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t5:o2:1
# text = They wanted him to leave the city alone
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the city |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were scared Virgilius would stop their robbing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t5:o3:1
# text = They were scared Virgilius would stop their robbing
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	robbing	robbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | would | Virgilius | their robbing |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector robbing=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They believed Virgilius would punish their greed with a magic curse that followed them into their graves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t5:o4:1
# text = They believed Virgilius would punish their greed with a magic curse that followed them into their graves
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **punish** | would | Virgilius | their greed |  | their graves |  | with a magic curse | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent greed=Patient with curse=Theme |
| 3 | **follow** | past | a magic curse | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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