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title: Describe with precision the social standing of Cinderella within her… — Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe with precision the social standing of Cinderella within her father's household, as the narrative presents it. Exam question 2 of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 2 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an…

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Describe with precision the social standing of Cinderella within her father's household, as the narrative presents it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, narrative, Cinderella · **What happens:** describe, present, stand · **To what, where:** social standing, standing

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» 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/1429-pg503-part16/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e2:1
# text = Describe with precision the social standing of Cinderella within her father's household, as the narrative presents it.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	precision	precision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Cinderella	Cinderella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the social standing of Cinderella |  |  |  | with precision; within Cinderella's father's household | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent standing=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | present | the narrative | standing |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **stand** |  | Cinderella |  |  |  |  |  | nom standing «state intransitive»: of=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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She was a guest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e2:o1:1
# text = She was a guest
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | a guest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She was treated as a daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e2:o2:1
# text = She was treated as a daughter
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	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  | as a daughter | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as daughter=Attribute |

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

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She was reduced to menial service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e2:o3:1
# text = She was reduced to menial service
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	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	menial	menial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  | to menial service *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to service=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She was a servant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e2:o4:1
# text = She was a servant
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | a servant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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