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title: What judgement does the tutor pass upon those who affect noble airs… — Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Ri… · tree and pragmatics
description: What judgement does the tutor pass upon those who affect noble airs without merit? Exam question 4 of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170:…

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What judgement does the tutor pass upon those who affect noble airs without merit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judgement · **What happens:** pass, affect · **To what, where:** those, noble airs

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» 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/959-pg27200-part170/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e4:1
# text = What judgement does the tutor pass upon those who affect noble airs without merit?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tutor	tutor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	affect	affect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	airs	air	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · do-support | what judgement |  |  | those |  | without merit | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon that=Location |
| 2 | **affect** | present |  | noble airs |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus air=Experiencer |

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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 laughs at their pride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e4:o1:1
# text = He laughs at their pride
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | He |  |  | their pride |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pride** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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He holds them up to satire as a mask

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e4:o2:1
# text = He holds them up to satire as a mask
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	satire	satire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mask	mask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | present | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | to satire; as a mask | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He holds them up to satire and warns that the mask will fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e4:o3:1
# text = He holds them up to satire and warns that the mask will fall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	satire	satire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mask	mask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | present | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | to satire | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fall** | future | the mask |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He holds them up to satire, as a mask worn by proud men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e4:o4:1
# text = He holds them up to satire, as a mask worn by proud men
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	satire	satire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mask	mask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
11	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | present | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | to satire | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a mask *not said here* |  |  |  | by proud men | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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