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title: To what extent did Janet's perseverance under the transformations se… — Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what extent did Janet's perseverance under the transformations secure Tamlane's deliverance from the Elfin court? Exam question 1 of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 1 · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

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To what extent did Janet's perseverance under the transformations secure Tamlane's deliverance from the Elfin court?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** extent, transformations, Tamlane · **What happens:** do, secure, deliver · **To what, where:** perseverance, deliverance, Elfin court

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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/259-pg14241-part26/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e1:1
# text = To what extent did Janet's perseverance under the transformations secure Tamlane's deliverance from the Elfin court?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Janet	Janet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	perseverance	perseverance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	transformations	transformation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	secure	secure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	Tamlane	Tamlane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Elfin	Elfin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | extent | Janet's perseverance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **secure** | present | the transformations | Tamlane's deliverance |  | the Elfin court |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent deliverance=Theme from court=Source |
| 3 | **deliver** |  | Tamlane |  |  |  |  |  | nom deliverance «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Her unwavering grip, through every transformation, secured his deliverance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e1:o1:1
# text = Her unwavering grip, through every transformation, secured his deliverance
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	unwavering	unwavering	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	secured	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | past | Her unwavering grip and every transformation | his deliverance |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition deliverance=Theme |
| 2 | **grip** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **deliver** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom deliverance «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She let go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e1:o2:1
# text = She let go
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The priest's blessing at the cross saved him in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e1:o3:1
# text = The priest's blessing at the cross saved him in the end
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | the priest's blessing at the cross | him *= he* |  |  | in the end |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **bless** |  | the priest |  |  | the cross |  |  | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her courage at the kirk, when the fire came, won the day and he was freed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e1:o4:1
# text = Her courage at the kirk, when the fire came, won the day and he was freed
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kirk	kirk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	freed	free	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the fire |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | past | Her courage at the kirk |  |  |  | day |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **free** | past · passive |  | fire |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |

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