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title: State the reason the woodman consented to dispose of his son. — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the reason the woodman consented to dispose of his son. Exam question 2 of lesson 748 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold,…

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State the reason the woodman consented to dispose of his son.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** woodman · **What happens:** consent, dispose · **To what, where:** reason

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 748 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay» 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/748-pg2591-part24/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:e2:1
# text = State the reason the woodman consented to dispose of his son.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woodman	woodman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	consented	consent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	dispose	dispose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consent** | past | the woodman | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dispose** | to-infinitive | the woodman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of woodman's son | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=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 took the gold because the family was very poor.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:e2:o1:1
# text = He took the gold because the family was very poor.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	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	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | He | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the family |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He accepted a large piece of gold from the strangers and gave his tiny son up to them forever.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:e2:o2:1
# text = He accepted a large piece of gold from the strangers and gave his tiny son up to them forever.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	iobj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
19	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | He | a large piece of gold |  | the strangers |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent piece=Theme from stranger=Source |
| 2 | **give up** | past | He *not said here* |  | his tiny son |  |  | to strangers *= stranger*; forever *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Theme to they=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted the money to feed the family.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:e2:o3:1
# text = He wanted the money to feed the family.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	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	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | the money |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the family |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He accepted a large piece of gold for the child.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:748-pg2591-part24:e2:o4:1
# text = He accepted a large piece of gold for the child.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | He | a large piece of gold |  |  |  | for the child | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

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