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title: State the manner in which the stepmother's daughters regarded the in… — Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the manner in which the stepmother's daughters regarded the invitation to the royal ball. Exam question 3 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 dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an…

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State the manner in which the stepmother's daughters regarded the invitation to the royal ball.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, daughters · **What happens:** state, regard · **To what, where:** manner, invitation

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e3:1
# text = State the manner in which the stepmother's daughters regarded the invitation to the royal ball.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	regarded	regard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic |
| 2 | **regard** | past | the stepmother's daughters | the invitation |  | the manner |  | to the royal ball | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme to ball=be' |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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With great delight and eager preparation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e3:o1:1
# text = With great delight and eager preparation
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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With great delight, and such eager preparation that they talked of nothing else for weeks

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e3:o2:1
# text = With great delight, and such eager preparation that they talked of nothing else for weeks
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	obl	_	_
14	else	else	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | delight |  |  |  | week | of nothing | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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With great delight and eager preparation, spending every day on gowns and hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e3:o3:1
# text = With great delight and eager preparation, spending every day on gowns and hair
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	spending	spend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gowns	gown	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | gerund |  |  |  |  | day | on gowns and hair *goal*; with great delight and eager preparation | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent on gown=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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With great delight and no preparation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:e3:o4:1
# text = With great delight and no preparation
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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