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title: What did the wife request in respect of her brother's punishment? — Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the wife request in respect of her brother's punishment? Exam question 3 of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

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What did the wife request in respect of her brother's punishment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother · **What happens:** do, respect, punish · **To what, where:** wife request, respect, punishment

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» 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/1311-pg3454-part36/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e3:1
# text = What did the wife request in respect of her brother's punishment?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the wife request |  | respect of her brother's punishment |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | her brother's punishment |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **punish** |  | her brother |  |  |  |  |  | nom punishment «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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That he be hanged at the city gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e3:o1:1
# text = That he be hanged at the city gate
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hanged	hange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hange** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | the city gate |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That he be expelled from the town and his property be seized

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e3:o2:1
# text = That he be expelled from the town and his property be seized
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	expelled	expel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	seized	seize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | the town and his property |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from town=Source |
| 2 | **seize** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» |

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

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That he be expelled from the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e3:o3:1
# text = That he be expelled from the town
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	expelled	expel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | the town |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from town=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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That he be expelled from the town and forbidden to ever return to the kingdom

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e3:o4:1
# text = That he be expelled from the town and forbidden to ever return to the kingdom
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	expelled	expel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
12	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | the town |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from town=Source |
| 2 | **forbid** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **return** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | ever | to the kingdom *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to kingdom=Result |

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