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title: In which location did the young man and the lady take their parting? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: In which location did the young man and the lady take their parting? Exam question 2 of lesson 821 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the lover is murdered and the sister keeps his head» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the…

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In which location did the young man and the lady take their parting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** do, take, part · **To what, where:** young man, location, parting

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 821 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the lover is murdered and the sister keeps his head» 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/821-pg27200-part32/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e2:1
# text = In which location did the young man and the lady take their parting?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	parting	parting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the young man and the lady |  | which location |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive |  | man's parting |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parting=Theme |
| 3 | **part** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom parting «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the arbor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = the arbor
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arbor	arbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = garden
1	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the meadow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = the meadow
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = town
1	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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