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title: Explain the significance of the fifty crowns that remained in the so… — fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain the significance of the fifty crowns that remained in the soldier's purse throughout this part of the narrative. Exam question 4 of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 
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# Exam question 4 · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…

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Explain the significance of the fifty crowns that remained in the soldier's purse throughout this part of the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, fifty crowns · **What happens:** explain, remain · **To what, where:** significance, purse

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 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/1900-pg7277-part37/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:e4:1
# text = Explain the significance of the fifty crowns that remained in the soldier's purse throughout this part of the narrative.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	crowns	crown	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the significance of the fifty crowns |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic |
| 2 | **remain** | past | the fifty crowns |  |  | the soldier's purse | throughout this part of the narrative |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in purse=Location |

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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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It meant he was rich and could gamble at the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:e4:o1:1
# text = It meant he was rich and could gamble at the palace
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	meant	mean	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	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	gamble	gamble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **gamble** | could |  |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The purse was enchanted and never emptied, which allowed John to pay for finery and wagers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:e4:o2:1
# text = The purse was enchanted and never emptied, which allowed John to pay for finery and wagers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	emptied	empty	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	allowed	allow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	finery	finery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	wagers	wager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | past · passive |  | the purse |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **empty** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **allow** | past |  | John |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer john=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | John *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for finery and wagers | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for finery=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was a trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:e4:o3:1
# text = It was a trick
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The purse was enchanted and always full, so he could buy things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:e4:o4:1
# text = The purse was enchanted and always full, so he could buy things
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | past · passive |  | the purse |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **buy** | could | he | things |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

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