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title: By which substance did the wicked queen alter the complexion of the… — Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: By which substance did the wicked queen alter the complexion of the princess, and what was the effect upon her appearance? Exam question 1 of lesson 1021 «Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part 232: Eliza is disguised, wanders the forest and shore, and meets her swan brothers at sunset» of the books
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part 232: Eliza is disgu…

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By which substance did the wicked queen alter the complexion of the princess, and what was the effect upon her appearance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** wicked queen, effect

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1021 «Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part 232: Eliza is disguised, wanders the forest and shore, and meets her swan brothers at sunset» 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/1021-pg27200-part232/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e1:1
# text = By which substance did the wicked queen alter the complexion of the princess, and what was the effect upon her appearance?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	alter	alter	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	complexion	complexion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the wicked queen |  |  |  | by which substance; alter the complexion of the princess | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the effect |  |  |  | upon princess's appearance | tree rules |

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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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Berry-juice, turning her face bright red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e1:o1:1
# text = Berry-juice, turning her face bright red
1	Berry	Berry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund | Berry juice *not said here* | her face |  |  |  | red *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Theme |

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

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Walnut-juice, rendering her face brown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e1:o2:1
# text = Walnut-juice, rendering her face brown
1	Walnut	Walnut	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	rendering	render	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | gerund |  | her face |  |  |  | brown *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Walnut-juice mixed with ointment, rendering her face brown and her hair stained

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e1:o3:1
# text = Walnut-juice mixed with ointment, rendering her face brown and her hair stained
1	Walnut	Walnut	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	rendering	render	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	compound	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	stained	stain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  | Walnut juice *not said here* |  |  |  | with ointment | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with ointment=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **render** | gerund |  | her face |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme |
| 3 | **stain** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Walnut-juice, which rendered her face brown and ugly for many days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e1:o4:1
# text = Walnut-juice, which rendered her face brown and ugly for many days
1	Walnut	Walnut	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rendered	render	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | past | Walnut juice | her face |  |  | day | brown *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme |

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