--- title: Upon what grounds did the jackal decline to remain within the Rohu f… — Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what grounds did the jackal decline to remain within the Rohu fish once he had perceived the Rakshas? Exam question 4 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick… Upon what grounds did the jackal decline to remain within the Rohu fish once he had perceived the Rakshas? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** ground, do, remain, perceive · **To what, where:** jackal decline, Rakshas This is exam question 4 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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/1826-pg7128-part10/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e4:1 # text = Upon what grounds did the jackal decline to remain within the Rohu fish once he had perceived the Rakshas? 1 Upon upon SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grounds ground VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 jackal jackal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 decline decline NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 within within ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Rohu Rohu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 once once SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 perceived perceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Rakshas Rakshas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ground** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | | the jackal decline | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decline=Eventuality | | 3 | **remain** | to-infinitive | | the jackal decline *not said here* | | | | within the Rohu fish | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **perceive** | past · perfect | fish | the Rakshas | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rakshas=Stimulus | 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} He feared he would be drowned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e4:o1:1 # text = He feared he would be drowned 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | He | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **drown** | would · passive | | he | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He was bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e4:o2:1 # text = He was bored 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He feared he would be devoured ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e4:o3:1 # text = He feared he would be devoured 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | He | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **devour** | would · passive | | he | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was afraid of the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e4:o4:1 # text = He was afraid of the water 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | of the water; afraid *property* | tree rules | **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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