--- title: What object did the Earl intend to use in carrying out his threat ag… — English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What object did the Earl intend to use in carrying out his threat against the dove? Exam question 4 of lesson 1966 «English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1966-pg7439-part25/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1966-pg7439-part25/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is e… What object did the Earl intend to use in carrying out his threat against the dove? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, Earl · **What happens:** do, intend, use, carry out · **To what, where:** threat This is exam question 4 of lesson 1966 «English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen» 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/1966-pg7439-part25/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e4:1 # text = What object did the Earl intend to use in carrying out his threat against the dove? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Earl Earl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 intend intend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 in in SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 threat threat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | object | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **intend** | present | the Earl | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **use** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Earl *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **carry out** | gerund | the Earl *not said here* | Earl's threat | | | | against the dove | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threat=Eventuality | 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} to kill it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e4:o1:1 # text = to kill it 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} to twist its neck until it stopped moving ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e4:o2:1 # text = to twist its neck until it stopped moving 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 twist twist VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **twist** | to-infinitive | | its neck | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent neck=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | past | neck | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **move** | gerund | neck *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} to twist its neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e4:o3:1 # text = to twist its neck 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 twist twist VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **twist** | to-infinitive | | its neck | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent neck=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} to cut off its wings and twist its neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:e4:o4:1 # text = to cut off its wings and twist its neck 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 twist twist VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | | its wings | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector wing=Eventuality | | 2 | **twist** | infinitive | | its neck | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent neck=Theme | **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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