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title: What penalty did the false bride herself prescribe for the deceiver… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What penalty did the false bride herself prescribe for the deceiver in the tale related by the old King? Exam question 4 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 d
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false br…

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What penalty did the false bride herself prescribe for the deceiver in the tale related by the old King?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** penalty · **What happens:** do, prescribe, relate · **To what, where:** false bride, tale

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e4:1
# text = What penalty did the false bride herself prescribe for the deceiver in the tale related by the old King?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	nsubj	_	_
8	prescribe	prescribe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	deceiver	deceiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	related	relate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | penalty | the false bride |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prescribe** | present | penalty | the false bride *not said here* |  |  |  | for the deceiver in the tale | tree rules |
| 3 | **relate** | participle |  | the tale *not said here* |  |  |  | by the old King | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |

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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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hanging from the castle wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e4:o1:1
# text = hanging from the castle wall
1	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund |  |  |  | the castle wall |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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dragging in a nail-lined cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e4:o2:1
# text = dragging in a nail-lined cart
1	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	lined	line	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | gerund |  |  |  | a lined cart |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cart=Location |
| 2 | **line** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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death by dragging in a barrel lined with nails through the streets of the town

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e4:o3:1
# text = death by dragging in a barrel lined with nails through the streets of the town
1	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	lined	line	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | gerund | death *not said here* |  |  | a barrel |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barrel=Location |
| 2 | **line** | participle |  | a barrel *not said here* |  | the streets of the town |  | with nails | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nail=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
death by dragging in a barrel lined with nails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e4:o4:1
# text = death by dragging in a barrel lined with nails
1	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	lined	line	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | gerund | death *not said here* |  |  | a barrel |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barrel=Location |
| 2 | **line** | participle |  | a barrel *not said here* |  |  |  | with nails | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nail=Theme |

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