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title: Which phrase in the passage expresses the mother's final submission… — Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mothe… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase in the passage expresses the mother's final submission to the will of God? Exam question 4 of lesson 996 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother: Death carries off the child» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother: Death carries off…

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Which phrase in the passage expresses the mother's final submission to the will of God?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, mother · **What happens:** express, submit · **To what, where:** final submission, God

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 996 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother: Death carries off the child» 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/996-pg27200-part207/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:e4:1
# text = Which phrase in the passage expresses the mother's final submission to the will of God?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	expresses	express	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	submission	submission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | present | which phrase in the passage | the mother's final submission | the God |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent submission=Theme to god=Recipient |
| 2 | **submit** |  | the mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom submission «communication transitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"Grant not my prayers, when they are contrary to Thy will"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:e4:o1:1
# text = "Grant not my prayers, when they are contrary to Thy will"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Grant	grant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	contrary	contrary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | prayers *= prayer* |  |  |  |  | contrary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pray** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Thy will be done

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:e4:o2:1
# text = Thy will be done
1	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | future · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Let Thy will be done, O God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:e4:o3:1
# text = Let Thy will be done, O God
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | God *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | future · passive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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If it be Thy will, then grant my child a place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:e4:o4:1
# text = If it be Thy will, then grant my child a place
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	grant	grant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | future | it | a place | my child |  | then |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent child=Goal place=Theme |

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