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title: By what means did the husband ascertain the transgression committed… — Perrault's Fairy Tales, Blue Beard: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the husband ascertain the transgression committed by his spouse? Exam question 2 of lesson 1481 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Blue Beard: the wife opens the forbidden closet and is saved by her brothers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Blue Beard: the wife opens the for…

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By what means did the husband ascertain the transgression committed by his spouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, ascertain, commit · **To what, where:** husband, transgression · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1481 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Blue Beard: the wife opens the forbidden closet and is saved by her brothers» 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/1481-pg503-part68/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:e2:1
# text = By what means did the husband ascertain the transgression committed by his spouse?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	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	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	transgression	transgression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	spouse	spouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the husband |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Eventuality |
| 3 | **ascertain** | present |  | the transgression |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transgression=Topic |
| 4 | **commit** | participle |  | the transgression *not said here* |  |  |  | by husband's spouse | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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the trembling of her hand upon the keys he gave her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:e2:o1:1
# text = the trembling of her hand upon the keys he gave her
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trembling	trembling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
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	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the trembling of trembling's hand upon the keys |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **tremble** |  | trembling's hand |  |  |  |  | upon the keys | nom trembling «state intransitive»: of=agent upon=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the visible trembling of her hand as she gave up the keys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:e2:o2:1
# text = the visible trembling of her hand as she gave up the keys
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trembling	trembling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | the visible trembling of trembling's hand | the keys |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Source |
| 2 | **tremble** |  | trembling's hand |  |  |  |  |  | nom trembling «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the trembling of her hand upon the keys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:e2:o3:1
# text = the trembling of her hand upon the keys
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trembling	trembling	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	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tremble** |  | her hand |  |  |  |  | upon the keys | nom trembling «state intransitive»: of=agent upon=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
her shaking voice at the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1481-pg503-part68:e2:o4:1
# text = her shaking voice at the door
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	shaking	shaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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