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title: By what means did the waiting-maid secure the silence of the real br… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the waiting-maid secure the silence of the real bride upon their arrival at the palace? Exam question 1 of lesson 1476 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false bride takes the princess's place and is found out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false br…

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By what means did the waiting-maid secure the silence of the real bride upon their arrival at the palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** waiting maid, their · **What happens:** mean, secure, silence, arrive · **To what, where:** silence, palace, real bride

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1476 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false bride takes the princess's place and is found out» 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/1476-pg503-part63/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e1:1
# text = By what means did the waiting-maid secure the silence of the real bride upon their arrival at the palace?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **secure** | past · do-support | the waiting maid | the silence of the real bride |  | the palace |  | upon their arrival | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent silence=Theme at palace=Asset |
| 3 | **silence** |  |  | the real bride |  |  |  |  | nom silence «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **arrive** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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by an oath sworn upon heaven and the waiting-maid's own gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e1:o1:1
# text = by an oath sworn upon heaven and the waiting-maid's own gold
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | participle |  | a oath and the waiting maid's own gold *not said here* |  |  |  | upon heaven | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by an oath sworn upon heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e1:o2:1
# text = by an oath sworn upon heaven
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | participle |  | a oath *not said here* |  |  |  | upon heaven | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
through a threat of death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e1:o3:1
# text = through a threat of death
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by a vow made to God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e1:o4:1
# text = by a vow made to God
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a vow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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