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title: What did Robin Hood require of Allin-a-Dale in return for his assist… — Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Alli… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Robin Hood require of Allin-a-Dale in return for his assistance? Exam question 4 of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 4 · Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood…

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What did Robin Hood require of Allin-a-Dale in return for his assistance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Allin · **What happens:** do, assist · **To what, where:** Hood require, return

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» 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/344-pg18442-part4/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e4:1
# text = What did Robin Hood require of Allin-a-Dale in return for his assistance?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Robin	Robin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Hood	Hood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	require	require	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Allin	Allin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Dale	Dale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Hood require of Allin |  | return |  | for Allin's assistance | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent require=Eventuality |
| 2 | **assist** |  | Allin |  |  |  |  |  | nom assistance «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 {#o1}

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Money and a horse to ride away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = Money and a horse to ride away
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride away** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Service as a faithful follower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = Service as a faithful follower
1	Service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	follower	follower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That he give up his harp and become a monk in the abbey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = That he give up his harp and become a monk in the abbey
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	abbey	abbey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | infinitive | That | his harp |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harp=Source |
| 2 | **become** | infinitive | That *not said here* | a monk in the abbey |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Service as a faithful follower and a loyal friend to Robin forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:344-pg18442-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = Service as a faithful follower and a loyal friend to Robin forever
1	Service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	follower	follower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Robin	Robin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

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