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title: What penalty did the giant state he would impose upon Ingibjorg, in… — Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa res… · tree and pragmatics
description: What penalty did the giant state he would impose upon Ingibjorg, in the event that she should return to the forest? Exam question 4 of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 4 · Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from…

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What penalty did the giant state he would impose upon Ingibjorg, in the event that she should return to the forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** penalty, Ingibjorg · **What happens:** do, impose, return · **To what, where:** giant state, event, forest

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» 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/1245-pg3282-part46/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e4:1
# text = What penalty did the giant state he would impose upon Ingibjorg, in the event that she should return to the forest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	impose	impose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Ingibjorg	Ingibjorg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | penalty | the giant state |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **impose** | would | penalty | the giant state *not said here* |  |  |  | upon Ingibjorg | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Theme |
| 3 | **return** | should | Ingibjorg | the event *not said here* |  | the forest |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent event=Theme to forest=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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He would take her back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e4:o1:1
# text = He would take her back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would | He | her back |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He would kill her there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e4:o2:1
# text = He would kill her there
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | would | He | her *= she* |  | there |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He would kill her there in the forest and bury her body under the old oak tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e4:o3:1
# text = He would kill her there in the forest and bury her body under the old oak tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bury	bury	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | would | He | her *= she* |  | the forest; there |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **bury** | infinitive | He *not said here* | her body |  | the old oak tree |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent body=Theme under tree=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He would cut off her hands and then leave her to die in the cold forest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e4:o4:1
# text = He would cut off her hands and then leave her to die in the cold forest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut off** | would | He | her hands |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector hand=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **die** | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the cold forest | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in forest=Attribute |

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