--- title: In what manner was the wicked stepmother ultimately punished for her… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: th… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner was the wicked stepmother ultimately punished for her crimes? Exam question 2 of lesson 121 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers from the fire, and Rapunzel begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/121-pg11027-part24/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/121-pg11027-part24/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister save… In what manner was the wicked stepmother ultimately punished for her crimes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stepmother · **What happens:** be, punish, incriminate · **To what, where:** wicked stepmother, manner This is exam question 2 of lesson 121 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers from the fire, and Rapunzel begins» 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/121-pg11027-part24/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e2:1 # text = In what manner was the wicked stepmother ultimately punished for her crimes? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 crimes crime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the wicked stepmother | | what manner | | | tree rules | | 2 | **punish** | participle | | the wicked stepmother *not said here* | | | | for stepmother's crimes; ultimately *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for crime=Theme | | 3 | **incriminate** | | stepmother | | | | | | nom crime «act 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Burned at the stake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e2:o1:1 # text = Burned at the stake 1 Burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | participle | | | | the stake | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stake=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} She was hanged in the castle square ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e2:o2:1 # text = She was hanged in the castle square 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hange** | past · passive | | She | | the castle square | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She was bound to the stake and burnt to ashes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e2:o3:1 # text = She was bound to the stake and burnt to ashes 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | past · passive | | She | | | | to the stake | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to stake=Co-Patient | | 2 | **burnt** | participle | | | | | | to ashes | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} She was drowned in the deep river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e2:o4:1 # text = She was drowned in the deep river 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | past · passive | | She | | the deep river | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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