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title: Describe the chief consequence of Tamlane's return from Elfland for… — Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the chief consequence of Tamlane's return from Elfland for the marriage contracted between him and Janet. Exam question 4 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 pr
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# Exam question 4 · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

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Describe the chief consequence of Tamlane's return from Elfland for the marriage contracted between him and Janet.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, marriage, Tamlane · **What happens:** describe, contract, return · **To what, where:** chief consequence, Elfland

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e4:1
# text = Describe the chief consequence of Tamlane's return from Elfland for the marriage contracted between him and Janet.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Tamlane	Tamlane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Elfland	Elfland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	contracted	contract	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
15	between	between	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	Janet	Janet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	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 chief consequence of Tamlane's return from Elfland |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |
| 2 | **contract** | past | the marriage |  |  |  |  | between Elfland | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **return** |  | Tamlane |  |  | Elfland |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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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}

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She refused him, and he rode back to the hill of the Queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e4:o1:1
# text = She refused him, and he rode back to the hill of the Queen
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **ride back** | past | he |  |  | the hill of the Queen |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to hill=Trajectory |

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

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They were lawfully wed after his purification by holy water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e4:o2:1
# text = They were lawfully wed after his purification by holy water
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wed	w	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	purification	purification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **w** | past · passive | holy water | They |  |  | after his purification | lawfully *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **purify** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom purification «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They lived apart after his long return to the Elfin hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e4:o3:1
# text = They lived apart after his long return to the Elfin hills
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Elfin	Elfin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | They |  |  |  | after his long return to the Elfin hills | apart *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **return** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | to the Elfin hills | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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They were wed in a grand ceremony at the castle, with the Queen of Elfland herself attending, and a feast lasting three days with music and dancing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e4:o4:1
# text = They were wed in a grand ceremony at the castle, with the Queen of Elfland herself attending, and a feast lasting three days with music and dancing
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	wed	w	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Elfland	Elfland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	18	nsubj	_	_
18	attending	attend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
23	lasting	last	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	acl	_	_
24	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **w** | past · passive |  | They |  | a grand ceremony at the castle |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **attend** | gerund | Elfland | the Queen of Elfland *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme queen=Goal |
| 3 | **last** | gerund | a feast *not said here* |  |  |  | day | with music | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **dancing** |  | a feast |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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