Test 10 · ★ · Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a…

what did the friend's vow have to do with it all?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vow, friend · What happens: do, have, vow · To what, where: vow

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 722 «Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a friend is revived, and a saint asks for a baby's blood» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vow	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 friend	case
6	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 have	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 do	obj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 it	det
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	the friend's vow		tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	the friend's vow not said here	vow	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	vow		the friend		nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

he wanted a horse of his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 own	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 own	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 horse	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	a horse of horse's own					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot horse=Theme

Option 2

he had sworn an oath to St. James that he would visit the shrine, marry his cousin, and never break a promise

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sworn	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sworn	aux
3	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 oath	det
5	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sworn	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 James	case
7	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 James	nmod:desc
8	James	James	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sworn	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 visit	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 visit	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 visit	aux
12	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sworn	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shrine	det
14	shrine	shrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 visit	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 marry	punct
16	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 visit	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 cousin	nmod:poss
18	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 marry	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 break	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 break	cc
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	22 break	advmod
22	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sworn	conj
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 promise	det
24	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	swear	past · perfect	he	a oath	James St.	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality
2	visit	would	James	the shrine		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shrine=Co-Agent
3	marry	infinitive	James not said here	James's cousin		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Patient
4	not break	infinitive	he not said here	a promise		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient

Option 3

he promised to travel with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 travel	mark
4	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 travel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	he						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	travel not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here					with him = he	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he swore to finish the trip together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 finish	mark
4	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swore	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trip	det
6	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finish	obj
7	together	together	ADV	_	4 finish	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	he						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	finish	to-infinitive	he not said here	the trip				together property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality trip=Eventuality

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