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title: Pray state the fate accorded to the woman and her infant. — Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Dou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pray state the fate accorded to the woman and her infant. Exam question 3 of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Exam question 3 · Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won b…

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Pray state the fate accorded to the woman and her infant.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pray · **What happens:** state, accord · **To what, where:** fate

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» 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/345-pg18442-part5/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e3:1
# text = Pray state the fate accorded to the woman and her infant.
1	Pray	Pray	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	state	state	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	accorded	accord	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | past | Pray | the fate |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fate=Topic |
| 2 | **accord** | participle |  | the fate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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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The Black Douglas ordered that neither the woman nor her infant be harmed in any way whatsoever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e3:o1:1
# text = The Black Douglas ordered that neither the woman nor her infant be harmed in any way whatsoever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Douglas	Douglas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
6	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	8	cc:preconj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	_
9	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	10	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	conj	_	_
11	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	harmed	harm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the Black Douglas |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **harm** *not said to happen* | infinitive · passive |  | infant |  | any way |  | whatsoever *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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

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The Black Douglas forbade that they be harmed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e3:o2:1
# text = The Black Douglas forbade that they be harmed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Douglas	Douglas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forbade	forbid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	harmed	harm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past | the Black Douglas |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **harm** | infinitive · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Scots kept them as hostages there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e3:o3:1
# text = The Scots kept them as hostages there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Scots	Scot	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hostages	hostage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the Scots | them *= they* |  | there |  | as hostages | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They were shipped off to a Scottish prison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e3:o4:1
# text = They were shipped off to a Scottish prison
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	shipped	ship	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ship off** | past · passive |  | They |  | a Scottish prison |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination |

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