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title: What did Arnold Winkelried declare he was prepared to sacrifice so t… — Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Arnold Winkelried declare he was prepared to sacrifice so that Switzerland might gain its freedom? Exam question 4 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 th
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# Exam question 4 · Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighter…

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What did Arnold Winkelried declare he was prepared to sacrifice so that Switzerland might gain its freedom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Switzerland · **What happens:** prepare, sacrifice, gain · **To what, where:** Arnold, freedom

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e4:1
# text = What did Arnold Winkelried declare he was prepared to sacrifice so that Switzerland might gain its freedom?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	Arnold	Arnold	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Winkelried	Winkelried	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	declare	declare	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | past · passive · do-support |  | Arnold |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sacrifice** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **gain** | might | Switzerland | its freedom |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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his own life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e4:o1:1
# text = his own life
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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his land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e4:o2:1
# text = his land
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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his gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e4:o3:1
# text = his gold
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his farm and home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e4:o4:1
# text = his farm and home
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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