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title: Which custom does Aphtanides propose the two young men should perfor… — Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Fri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which custom does Aphtanides propose the two young men should perform in the church? Exam question 1 of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 1 · Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three frien…

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Which custom does Aphtanides propose the two young men should perform in the church?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** custom, two young men · **What happens:** propose, perform · **To what, where:** church

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» 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/831-pg27200-part42/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e1:1
# text = Which custom does Aphtanides propose the two young men should perform in the church?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Aphtanides	aphtanide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | present · do-support | which custom |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **perform** | should | the two young men |  |  | the church |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e1:o1:1
# text = The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bond	bond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Anastasia	Anastasia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | participle |  | the bond of friendship *not said here* |  | the presence of Anastasia |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bond** |  |  | friendship |  |  |  |  | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia and the village priest at dawn

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e1:o2:1
# text = The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia and the village priest at dawn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bond	bond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Anastasia	Anastasia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | participle |  | the bond of friendship *not said here* |  | the presence of Anastasia and the village priest at dawn |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bond** |  |  | friendship |  |  |  |  | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia, with a gift of the family's silver

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e1:o3:1
# text = The bond of friendship, sworn in the presence of Anastasia, with a gift of the family's silver
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bond	bond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Anastasia	Anastasia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | participle |  | the bond of friendship and a gift of the family's silver *not said here* |  | the presence of Anastasia |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bond** |  |  | friendship |  |  |  |  | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **gift** |  |  | the family's silver |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pilgrimage to the springs with the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e1:o4:1
# text = A pilgrimage to the springs with the family
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	springs	spring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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