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title: By what means did the poor husband procure the rampion which his wif… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the poor husband procure the rampion which his wife desired so intensely from the garden of the witch? Exam question 2 of lesson 1567 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampion, a stolen baby, and a girl locked in a tower» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampi…

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By what means did the poor husband procure the rampion which his wife desired so intensely from the garden of the witch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** poor husband, wife · **What happens:** mean, procure, desire · **To what, where:** rampion, garden

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1567 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampion, a stolen baby, and a girl locked in a tower» 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/1567-pg540-part64/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:e2:1
# text = By what means did the poor husband procure the rampion which his wife desired so intensely from the garden of the witch?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	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	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	procure	procure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rampion	rampion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **procure** | past · do-support | the poor husband | the rampion |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rampion=Theme |
| 3 | **desire** | past | husband's wife | the rampion |  | the garden of the witch |  | intensely *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot which=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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By sneaking through the gate and taking a few leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:e2:o1:1
# text = By sneaking through the gate and taking a few leaves
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak** | gerund |  |  |  | the gate |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gate=Trajectory |
| 2 | **take** | gerund |  | a few leaves |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By buying them at market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:e2:o2:1
# text = By buying them at market
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | market |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme at market=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By begging the witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:e2:o3:1
# text = By begging the witch
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund |  |  | the witch |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient |

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

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By climbing over the garden wall at dusk and gathering handfuls of the leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1567-pg540-part64:e2:o4:1
# text = By climbing over the garden wall at dusk and gathering handfuls of the leaves
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gathering	gather	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	handfuls	handful	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  |  |  | the garden wall | dusk |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory |
| 2 | **gather** | gerund |  | handfuls of the leaves |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme |

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