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title: What was the principal function of the bell of justice in the town o… — Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an o… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal function of the bell of justice in the town of Atri? Exam question 1 of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 1 · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra…

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What was the principal function of the bell of justice in the town of Atri?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** principal function, town

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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/349-pg18442-part9/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e1:1
# text = What was the principal function of the bell of justice in the town of Atri?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Atri	Atri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal function |  | the town of Atri |  | of the bell of justice | tree rules |

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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 ring out the news of the harvest season each year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e1:o1:1
# text = To ring out the news of the harvest season each year
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ring	ring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring out** | to-infinitive |  | the news of the harvest season |  |  | year |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location news=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To warn the town of a fire nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e1:o2:1
# text = To warn the town of a fire nearby
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  | the town of a fire |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent town=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To summon the judges whenever any citizen felt that the lords or merchants had treated them unfairly in any way at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e1:o3:1
# text = To summon the judges whenever any citizen felt that the lords or merchants had treated them unfairly in any way at all
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	citizen	citizen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	unfairly	unfairly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	det	_	_
20	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | to-infinitive | any citizen *not said here* | the judges |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judge=Recipient |
| 2 | **feel** | past | any citizen |  |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **treat** | past · perfect · passive |  | the lords or merchants |  | any way |  | at all; unfairly *property* | tree rules |

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

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To summon the judges when a genuine wrong had been done

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e1:o4:1
# text = To summon the judges when a genuine wrong had been done
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	summon	summon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | to-infinitive |  | the judges |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judge=Recipient |
| 2 | **do** | past · perfect · passive |  | a genuine wrong |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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