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title: What does the lass propose to offer the fool in return for his compa… — English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain… · tree and pragmatics
description: What does the lass propose to offer the fool in return for his company? Exam question 4 of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hoby…

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What does the lass propose to offer the fool in return for his company?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lass · **What happens:** propose, offer · **To what, where:** fool, return

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» 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/253-pg14241-part20/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e4:1
# text = What does the lass propose to offer the fool in return for his company?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lass	lass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | present · do-support | the lass |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **offer** | to-infinitive | the lass *not said here* | the fool |  | return for lass's company |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fool=Theme |

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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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Housework and loyal care for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e4:o1:1
# text = Housework and loyal care for him
1	Housework	housework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Domestic care and devoted service as a wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e4:o2:1
# text = Domestic care and devoted service as a wife
1	Domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	devoted	devoted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Loyal service as a faithful wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e4:o3:1
# text = Loyal service as a faithful wife
1	Loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Devoted domestic care and loyal service as a faithful wife for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e4:o4:1
# text = Devoted domestic care and loyal service as a faithful wife for life
1	Devoted	devoted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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