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title: What does the narrative suggest about the relationship between the s… — Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Cr… · tree and pragmatics
description: What does the narrative suggest about the relationship between the servant's acts of kindness and the assistance he receives in return? Exam question 4 of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the princess» of the books course of Mova's
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fi…

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What does the narrative suggest about the relationship between the servant's acts of kindness and the assistance he receives in return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrative, kindness · **What happens:** suggest, receive, act · **To what, where:** assistance, return

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the princess» 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/761-pg2591-part37/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:e4:1
# text = What does the narrative suggest about the relationship between the servant's acts of kindness and the assistance he receives in return?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	suggest	suggest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present · do-support | the narrative |  |  |  |  | about the relationship between the servant's acts of kindness and the assistance | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **receive** | present | narrative | the assistance *not said here* |  | return |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme in return=Location |
| 3 | **act** |  | kindness |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Creatures help him only because he paid them with gold coins, not kindness at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:e4:o1:1
# text = Creatures help him only because he paid them with gold coins, not kindness at all
1	Creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Creatures |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **pay** | past | he | Creatures *= creature* |  |  |  | with gold coins | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |

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

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His good deeds are repaid by the creatures, in accordance with the saying that one good turn deserves another

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:e4:o2:1
# text = His good deeds are repaid by the creatures, in accordance with the saying that one good turn deserves another
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	repaid	repay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	saying	saying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
17	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl	_	_
20	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repay** | present · passive | the creatures | His good deeds |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **deserve** | present | one good turn | another |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The creatures help him out of fear of the king's anger and his guards

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:e4:o3:1
# text = The creatures help him out of fear of the king's anger and his guards
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | the creatures |  | him *= he* | fear of the king's anger and king's guards |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **fear** |  |  | the king's anger |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **anger** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Luck alone helps him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:e4:o4:1
# text = Luck alone helps him
1	Luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Luck |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

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