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title: What, according to the concluding stanza, is the principal duty of t… — English Fairy Tales, The Children in t… · tree and pragmatics
description: What, according to the concluding stanza, is the principal duty of those who are appointed as executors and overseers? Exam question 3 of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's…

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What, according to the concluding stanza, is the principal duty of those who are appointed as executors and overseers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, conclude, be, appoint · **To what, where:** principal duty

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» 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/252-pg14241-part19/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:e3:1
# text = What, according to the concluding stanza, is the principal duty of those who are appointed as executors and overseers?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	concluding	conclude	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	stanza	stanza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	nmod	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	executors	executor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	overseers	overseer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conclude** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the principal duty |  |  |  | of those | tree rules |
| 4 | **appoint** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | as executors and overseers | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as executor=Attribute |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To look after the farm and the cattle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:e3:o1:1
# text = To look after the farm and the cattle
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | after the farm and the cattle |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To deal rightly with the children in their charge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:e3:o2:1
# text = To deal rightly with the children in their charge
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	deal	deal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rightly	rightly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | children's charge |  | with the children; rightly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with child=Theme |
| 2 | **charge** |  | children *= child* |  |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To give the will to the court at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:e3:o3:1
# text = To give the will to the court at once
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | the court |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent court=Theme at once=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To keep the accounts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:e3:o4:1
# text = To keep the accounts
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the accounts |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme |

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