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title: Why did Father Peter decline to share the knowledge of his fortune w… — German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Father Peter decline to share the knowledge of his fortune with his household upon his return? Exam question 3 of lesson 688 «German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings home a barrel of gold and meets a sad young lover» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 3 · German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings ho…

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Why did Father Peter decline to share the knowledge of his fortune with his household upon his return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** share, return · **To what, where:** knowledge

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 688 «German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings home a barrel of gold and meets a sad young lover» 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/688-pg2435-part28/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e3:1
# text = Why did Father Peter decline to share the knowledge of his fortune with his household upon his return?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	decline	decline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | past · do-support |  | the knowledge of his fortune |  |  |  | with his household; upon his return | tree rules |
| 2 | **return** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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He was afraid the neighbours would steal the gold from the cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e3:o1:1
# text = He was afraid the neighbours would steal the gold from the cart
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **steal** | would | the neighbours | the gold |  | the cart |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gold=Theme from cart=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He hoped to buy his wife a fine gift from the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e3:o2:1
# text = He hoped to buy his wife a fine gift from the gold
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hoped	hope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a fine gift | his wife | the gold |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent wife=Beneficiary gift=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He feared that his scolding wife would demand the whole of it and leave him nothing to call his own in the house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e3:o3:1
# text = He feared that his scolding wife would demand the whole of it and leave him nothing to call his own in the house
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	scolding	scolding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	demand	demand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | would | his scolding wife | the whole |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme whole=Precondition |
| 3 | **leave** | infinitive | his scolding wife *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme nothing=Attribute |
| 4 | **call** | to-infinitive | his scolding wife *not said here* | his own |  | the house |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent own=Recipient |

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

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He feared that his scolding wife would demand the whole of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e3:o4:1
# text = He feared that his scolding wife would demand the whole of it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	scolding	scolding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	demand	demand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | would | his scolding wife | the whole |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme whole=Precondition |

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