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title: Describe the outcome for the elders of the town following the depart… — More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Pip… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the outcome for the elders of the town following the departure of the children into the forest. Exam question 4 of lesson 235 «More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms the rats, then leads the children away for good» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 4 · More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms t…

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Describe the outcome for the elders of the town following the departure of the children into the forest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, town, children · **What happens:** describe, follow, depart · **To what, where:** outcome, forest, departure

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 235 «More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms the rats, then leads the children away for good» 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/235-pg14241-part2/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e4:1
# text = Describe the outcome for the elders of the town following the departure of the children into the forest.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome |  | the forest |  | for the elders of the town | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the town *not said here* | the departure of the children |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent departure=Theme |
| 3 | **depart** |  | the children |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The elders searched the forest for the children and the Piper, but never again found either one of them

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e4:o1:1
# text = The elders searched the forest for the children and the Piper, but never again found either one of them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	searched	search	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Piper	Piper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
17	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc:preconj	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | past | the elders | the forest |  |  |  | for the children and the Piper | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent forest=Location for child=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **find** | participle |  | one of elders |  |  | again |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The elders never again beheld the Piper or the children, and the town fell silent forever

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e4:o2:1
# text = The elders never again beheld the Piper or the children, and the town fell silent forever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	beheld	behold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Piper	Piper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **behold** | participle · passive |  | the elders |  |  | again |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the town |  |  |  |  | forever, silent *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The elders never again beheld the Piper or the children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e4:o3:1
# text = The elders never again beheld the Piper or the children
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	beheld	behold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Piper	Piper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **behold** | participle · passive |  | the elders |  |  | again |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The elders wept for the children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e4:o4:1
# text = The elders wept for the children
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | the elders |  |  |  |  | for the children | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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