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title: What was the chief purpose of the second arrow concealed by William… — Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the chief purpose of the second arrow concealed by William Tell beneath his garment? Exam question 3 of lesson 348 «Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighter…

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What was the chief purpose of the second arrow concealed by William Tell beneath his garment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chief purpose, second arrow · **What happens:** be, conceal, tell, purpose · **To what, where:** second arrow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 348 «Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life» 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/348-pg18442-part8/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e3:1
# text = What was the chief purpose of the second arrow concealed by William Tell beneath his garment?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl:agent	_	_
13	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	beneath	beneath	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	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **conceal** | participle |  | the second arrow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the chief purpose of the second arrow |  |  |  |  | beneath purpose's garment | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **purpose** |  | the second arrow |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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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to strike the tyrant should the Swiss army ever need help in battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e3:o1:1
# text = to strike the tyrant should the Swiss army ever need help in battle
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Swiss	Swiss	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | to-infinitive |  | the tyrant |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyrant=Patient |
| 2 | **need** | should |  | the Swiss army |  | battle | ever |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to strike the tyrant should harm befall his son during the shot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e3:o2:1
# text = to strike the tyrant should harm befall his son during the shot
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	harm	harm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	befall	befall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | to-infinitive |  | the tyrant |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyrant=Patient |
| 2 | **harm** | should |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **befall** | infinitive |  | his son |  |  | during the shot |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to strike the tyrant should harm befall his son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e3:o3:1
# text = to strike the tyrant should harm befall his son
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	harm	harm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	befall	befall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | to-infinitive |  | the tyrant |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyrant=Patient |
| 2 | **harm** | should |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **befall** | infinitive |  | his son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to defend the village from the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e3:o4:1
# text = to defend the village from the king
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	defend	defend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defend** | to-infinitive |  | the village |  |  |  | from the king | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent village=Beneficiary from king=Theme |

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