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title: Which of the following describes the rule the henwife gave Trembling… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and T… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the rule the henwife gave Trembling about attending church? Exam question 4 of lesson 2011 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cucullin is tricked, and Trembling rides to church» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cu…

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Which of the following describes the rule the henwife gave Trembling about attending church?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** henwife · **What happens:** follow, describe, give, tremble, attend · **To what, where:** rule, church

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2011 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cucullin is tricked, and Trembling rides to church» 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/2011-pg7885-part30/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2011-pg7885-part30:e4:1
# text = Which of the following describes the rule the henwife gave Trembling about attending church?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	henwife	henwife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
11	Trembling	tremble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	attending	attend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **give** | past | the henwife | the rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **tremble** | gerund | the henwife *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **attend** | gerund | the henwife *not said here* | church |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme church=Goal |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She must not enter the church door and must leave quickly at Mass's end

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2011-pg7885-part30:e4:o1:1
# text = She must not enter the church door and must leave quickly at Mass's end
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	Mass	Mass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **enter** | must | She | the church door |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Destination |
| 2 | **leave** | must | She *not said here* |  |  |  | at Mass's end | quickly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She must not enter the church door, and must leave as soon as Mass ends, without speaking to anyone or waiting for blessings from the priest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2011-pg7885-part30:e4:o2:1
# text = She must not enter the church door, and must leave as soon as Mass ends, without speaking to anyone or waiting for blessings from the priest
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Mass	mass	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	19	obl	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	conj	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	blessings	blessing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
26	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **enter** | must | She | the church door |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Destination |
| 2 | **leave** | must |  |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for blessings from the priest | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She must never step through the church door at all and must ride away immediately once the Mass has finished and the crowd gathers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2011-pg7885-part30:e4:o3:1
# text = She must never step through the church door at all and must ride away immediately once the Mass has finished and the crowd gathers
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Mass	Mass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	gathers	gather	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **step** | must | She |  |  | the church door |  | at all | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through door=Trajectory |
| 2 | **ride away** | must | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, immediately *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **finish** | present · perfect | the Mass |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **gather** | present | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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She must avoid the church and sit by the gate during the service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2011-pg7885-part30:e4:o4:1
# text = She must avoid the church and sit by the gate during the service
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | must | She | the church |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent church=Location |
| 2 | **sit** | infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  | during the service | by the gate | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location |

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