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title: What was the outcome of Tiidu's departure from his parental home? — Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the outcome of Tiidu's departure from his parental home? Exam question 4 of lesson 677 «Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maiden is carried off, and lazy Tiidu finds his pipes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 4 · Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maid…

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What was the outcome of Tiidu's departure from his parental home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** outcome, Tiidu · **What happens:** be, depart · **To what, where:** parental home

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 677 «Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maiden is carried off, and lazy Tiidu finds his pipes» 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/677-pg2435-part17/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:e4:1
# text = What was the outcome of Tiidu's departure from his parental home?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
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	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the outcome of Tiidu's departure from Tiidu's parental home |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** |  | Tiidu |  |  | Tiidu's parental home |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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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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he wandered the land for years, earning little and never returning home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:e4:o1:1
# text = he wandered the land for years, earning little and never returning home
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wandered	wander	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	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	earning	earn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
13	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | past | he | the land |  |  | year |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme land=Trajectory |
| 2 | **earn** | gerund | he *not said here* | little |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **return** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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he prospered through his music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:e4:o2:1
# text = he prospered through his music
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prospered	prosper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prosper** | past | he |  |  | his music |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through music=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he became a famous court musician and gained the respect of his family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:e4:o3:1
# text = he became a famous court musician and gained the respect of his family
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	musician	musician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gained	gain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | he | a famous court musician |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **gain** | past | he *not said here* | the respect of his family |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | his family |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he returned home poor and sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:e4:o4:1
# text = he returned home poor and sad
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | he |  |  |  |  | home, poor *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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