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title: Upon what grounds did the Ogre's wife surrender the entirety of her… — Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what grounds did the Ogre's wife surrender the entirety of her husband's treasure? Exam question 2 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 2 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks…

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Upon what grounds did the Ogre's wife surrender the entirety of her husband's treasure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** husband · **What happens:** ground, do, surrender, treasure · **To what, where:** wife, entirety

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» 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/1469-pg503-part56/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e2:1
# text = Upon what grounds did the Ogre's wife surrender the entirety of her husband's treasure?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	surrender	surrender	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	entirety	entirety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the Ogre's wife |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality |
| 3 | **surrender** | present |  | the entirety of wife's husband's treasure |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent entirety=Theme |
| 4 | **treasure** |  | wife's husband |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession 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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Upon hearing that her husband was in danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e2:o1:1
# text = Upon hearing that her husband was in danger
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | her husband |  |  | danger |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Upon fear of her husband

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e2:o2:1
# text = Upon fear of her husband
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** |  |  | her husband |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Upon hearing a false account of her husband's peril

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e2:o3:1
# text = Upon hearing a false account of her husband's peril
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	peril	peril	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund |  | a false account of her husband's peril |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer account=Stimulus |
| 2 | **account** |  |  | her husband's peril |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **peril** |  | her husband |  |  |  |  |  | nom peril «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Because she believed her husband was lost in war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e2:o4:1
# text = Because she believed her husband was lost in war
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **lose** | past · passive |  | her husband |  | war |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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