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title: State the condition of the young man's body at the moment Care remov… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes o… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the condition of the young man's body at the moment Care removes the galoshes, with reference to the text. Exam question 2 of lesson 284 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young man dies and Care takes the galoshes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young…

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State the condition of the young man's body at the moment Care removes the galoshes, with reference to the text.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Care · **What happens:** state, remove, condition · **To what, where:** condition, galoshes, body

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 284 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young man dies and Care takes the galoshes» 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/284-pg1597-part11/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e2:1
# text = State the condition of the young man's body at the moment Care removes the galoshes, with reference to the text.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	Care	Care	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition of the young man's body |  |  | moment |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 2 | **remove** | present | Care | the galoshes |  |  |  | with reference to the text | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent galosh=Theme |
| 3 | **condition** |  |  | the young man's body |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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He lies asleep in the inn, recovering from the flies' bites

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e2:o1:1
# text = He lies asleep in the inn, recovering from the flies' bites
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	recovering	recover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	bites	bite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | He |  |  | the inn |  | asleep *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in inn=Location |
| 2 | **recover** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | the flies's bites |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from bite=Source |
| 3 | **bite** |  | the flies |  |  |  |  |  | nom bite «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He stands among the beggars, wounded but still walking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e2:o2:1
# text = He stands among the beggars, wounded but still walking
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beggars	beggar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | He |  |  | the beggars |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among beggar=Location |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sits watching at the window, weary but awake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e2:o3:1
# text = He sits watching at the window, weary but awake
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	weary	weary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | the window |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He lies dead in his coffin, and then he rises young and vigorous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e2:o4:1
# text = He lies dead in his coffin, and then he rises young and vigorous
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | He |  |  | his coffin |  | dead *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in coffin=Location |
| 2 | **rise** | present | he |  |  |  | then | young *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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