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title: What became of the proverb associated with the two remaining musicia… — Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the y… · tree and pragmatics
description: What became of the proverb associated with the two remaining musicians? Exam question 4 of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleep…

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What became of the proverb associated with the two remaining musicians?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** become, associate · **To what, where:** proverb

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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/1940-pg7277-part77/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e4:1
# text = What became of the proverb associated with the two remaining musicians?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	associated	associate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the proverb | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **associate** | participle |  | the proverb *not said here* |  |  |  | with the two remaining musicians | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with musician=Co-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 {#o1}

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It spread among the townsfolk as a warning for travellers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e4:o1:1
# text = It spread among the townsfolk as a warning for travellers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	townsfolk	townsfolk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | past | It |  |  | the townsfolk |  | as a warning for travellers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among townsfolk=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It passed into common use for any unreturned undertaking across the whole kingdom and beyond

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e4:o2:1
# text = It passed into common use for any unreturned undertaking across the whole kingdom and beyond
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	unreturned	unreturned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | It |  |  | common use |  | for any unreturned undertaking; across the whole kingdom | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into use=Initial\_Location across kingdom=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It was used only by the two musicians themselves for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e4:o3:1
# text = It was used only by the two musicians themselves for years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · passive | the two musicians  musicians | It |  |  | year |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It passed into common use for any unreturned undertaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e4:o4:1
# text = It passed into common use for any unreturned undertaking
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	unreturned	unreturned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | It |  |  | common use |  | for any unreturned undertaking | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into use=Initial\_Location |

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