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title: What was the principal sentiment that moved the pasha to tears? — Gutenberg 27200, The Jewish Maiden: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal sentiment that moved the pasha to tears? Exam question 2 of lesson 865 «Gutenberg 27200, The Jewish Maiden: a Jewish servant keeps her vow, hears a knight's legend and is buried outside the churchyard wall» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 27200, The Jewish Maiden: a Jewish servant keeps…

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What was the principal sentiment that moved the pasha to tears?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal sentiment · **What happens:** be, move · **To what, where:** principal sentiment, pasha, tears

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 865 «Gutenberg 27200, The Jewish Maiden: a Jewish servant keeps her vow, hears a knight's legend and is buried outside the churchyard wall» 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/865-pg27200-part76/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:865-pg27200-part76:e2:1
# text = What was the principal sentiment that moved the pasha to tears?
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	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pasha	pasha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal sentiment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | past | the principal sentiment | the pasha |  | tears |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pasha=Theme to tear=Trajectory |

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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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Joy at the knight's return home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:865-pg27200-part76:e2:o1:1
# text = Joy at the knight's return home
1	Joy	Joy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** |  | the knight |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Deep astonishment at the knight's mercy and his willingness to forgive his captor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:865-pg27200-part76:e2:o2:1
# text = Deep astonishment at the knight's mercy and his willingness to forgive his captor
1	Deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	willingness	willingness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	captor	captor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | to-infinitive |  | his captor |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captor=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Astonishment at the knight's mercy and forgiveness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:865-pg27200-part76:e2:o3:1
# text = Astonishment at the knight's mercy and forgiveness
1	Astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sorrow that the war had ended and his soldiers had all gone home to their families in the north

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:865-pg27200-part76:e2:o4:1
# text = Sorrow that the war had ended and his soldiers had all gone home to their families in the north
1	Sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	ended	end	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past · perfect · passive |  | Sorrow |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | past | war's soldiers | gone home |  | the north |  | to soldiers's families | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient |

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