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title: What was the intended fate of the old dog Sultan, and to whom did he… — Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the ro… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the intended fate of the old dog Sultan, and to whom did he turn for counsel? Exam question 3 of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the…

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What was the intended fate of the old dog Sultan, and to whom did he turn for counsel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sultan · **What happens:** intend, be, turn · **To what, where:** intended fate

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» 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/729-pg2591-part5/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e3:1
# text = What was the intended fate of the old dog Sultan, and to whom did he turn for counsel?
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	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the intended fate |  |  |  | of the old dog | tree rules |
| 3 | **turn** | past · do-support | Sultan |  |  |  |  | to the intended fate; for counsel | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to whom=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Execution by shooting; the wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e3:o1:1
# text = Execution by shooting; the wolf
1	Execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	shooting	shoot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | gerund | Execution and the wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Being shot by the shepherd for losing his teeth; he turned to the wolf for counsel and help

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e3:o2:1
# text = Being shot by the shepherd for losing his teeth; he turned to the wolf for counsel and help
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	shot	shoot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	csubj:pass	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | gerund · passive | the shepherd |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund | the shepherd *not said here* | shepherd's teeth |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality |
| 3 | **turn** | past | shepherd |  |  | the wolf |  | for counsel and help | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to wolf=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Execution by shooting at dawn; he went to the wise old wolf in the forest for advice

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e3:o3:1
# text = Execution by shooting at dawn; he went to the wise old wolf in the forest for advice
1	Execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	shooting	shoot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | gerund | Execution *not said here* |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go** | past | Execution |  |  | the forest |  | to the wise old wolf; for advice | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in forest=Location for advice=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Death by poison; the old cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e3:o4:1
# text = Death by poison; the old cat
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** |  | poison |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: by=agent |

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