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title: By what means did the wicked queen intend to harm Eliza? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the wicked queen intend to harm Eliza? Exam question 3 of lesson 1020 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud…

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By what means did the wicked queen intend to harm Eliza?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, intend, harm · **To what, where:** wicked queen, Eliza · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1020 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza» 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/1020-pg27200-part231/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e3:1
# text = By what means did the wicked queen intend to harm Eliza?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	intend	intend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	Eliza	Eliza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the wicked queen |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality |
| 3 | **intend** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **harm** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | Eliza |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eliza=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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By feeding her a bitter potion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e3:o1:1
# text = By feeding her a bitter potion
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | gerund |  | a bitter potion | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient potion=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By placing three toads in the royal bath water to make her ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e3:o2:1
# text = By placing three toads in the royal bath water to make her ill
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	placing	place	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | gerund |  | three toads |  | the royal bath water |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent toad=Theme in water=Destination |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |

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

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By placing toads in the bath water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e3:o3:1
# text = By placing toads in the bath water
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	placing	place	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | gerund |  | toads |  | the bath water |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent toad=Theme in water=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By tricking Eliza into bathing in cold marsh water full of toads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e3:o4:1
# text = By tricking Eliza into bathing in cold marsh water full of toads
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tricking	trick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	Eliza	Eliza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bathing	bathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | gerund |  | Eliza |  |  |  | into bathing *result*; in cold marsh water | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent eliza=Patient into bathing=Result |

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