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title: What did the dying Lion declare that he had reluctantly brooked from… — Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the dying Lion declare that he had reluctantly brooked from the brave? Exam question 4 of lesson 392 «Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a boar gets scolded by his master» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a b…

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What did the dying Lion declare that he had reluctantly brooked from the brave?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dying Lion, Lion · **What happens:** die, declare, brook · **To what, where:** brave

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 392 «Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a boar gets scolded by his master» 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/392-pg21-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e4:1
# text = What did the dying Lion declare that he had reluctantly brooked from the brave?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	Lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	reluctantly	reluctantly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	brooked	brook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the dying Lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
| 3 | **brook** | past · perfect | Lion |  |  | the brave |  | reluctantly *property* | 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 {#o1}

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the cowardice of the wolves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = the cowardice of the wolves
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cowardice	cowardice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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the insults of the brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = the insults of the brave
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	insults	insult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the insults offered by the brave ones of his own herd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = the insults offered by the brave ones of his own herd
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	insults	insult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | participle |  | the insults *not said here* |  |  |  | by the brave ones of his own herd | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the mocking insults that the brave hunters offered him in the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:392-pg21-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = the mocking insults that the brave hunters offered him in the field
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mocking	mocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	insults	insult	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insult** | present | the mocking |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **offer** | past | the brave hunters |  | mocking | the field |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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