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title: By what means did the clerk of the kitchen preserve the young Queen'… — Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the clerk of the kitchen preserve the young Queen's life? Exam question 2 of lesson 1428 «Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen orders a tub of serpents for the family» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 2 · Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen order…

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By what means did the clerk of the kitchen preserve the young Queen's life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clerk · **What happens:** mean, do, preserve · **To what, where:** life

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1428 «Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen orders a tub of serpents for the family» 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/1428-pg503-part15/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e2:1
# text = By what means did the clerk of the kitchen preserve the young Queen's life?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
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	6	det	_	_
6	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	preserve	preserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **preserve** | present | the clerk of the kitchen | the young Queen's life |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Beneficiary |

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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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By substituting a young hind, so the Queen never knew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e2:o1:1
# text = By substituting a young hind, so the Queen never knew
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	substituting	substitute	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **substitute** | gerund | the Queen *not said here* | a young hind |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme hind=Location |
| 2 | **not** **know** | past | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By substituting a young hind and then hiding her with his own wife in the house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e2:o2:1
# text = By substituting a young hind and then hiding her with his own wife in the house
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	substituting	substitute	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **substitute** | gerund |  | a young hind |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme hind=Location |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  | the house | then | with his own wife | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Patient in house=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By substituting a young hind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e2:o3:1
# text = By substituting a young hind
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	substituting	substitute	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hind	hind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **substitute** | gerund |  | a young hind |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme hind=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By feeding her to wolves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e2:o4:1
# text = By feeding her to wolves
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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | gerund |  | her *= she* | wolves |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to wolf=Recipient |

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