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title: State the meaning of the archaic term "ell" as it is employed in the… — Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the meaning of the archaic term "ell" as it is employed in the description of the Bushy Bride. Exam question 4 of lesson 1577 «Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the true bride wins her king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the…

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State the meaning of the archaic term "ell" as it is employed in the description of the Bushy Bride.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, employ, mean, describe · **To what, where:** meaning, description, archaic term, Bushy Bride

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1577 «Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the true bride wins her king» 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/1577-pg540-part74/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:e4:1
# text = State the meaning of the archaic term "ell" as it is employed in the description of the Bushy Bride.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	archaic	archaic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ell	ell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Bushy	bushy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	Bride	Bride	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the archaic term |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **employ** | present · passive |  | meaning |  | the description of the Bushy Bride |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the archaic term |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **describe** |  |  | the Bushy Bride |  |  |  |  | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old unit of measure for cloth, roughly forty-five inches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:e4:o1:1
# text = An old unit of measure for cloth, roughly forty-five inches
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old unit of weight for gold, about three pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:e4:o2:1
# text = An old unit of weight for gold, about three pounds
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The length of a king's arm, a measure of cloth used at court for weddings

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:e4:o3:1
# text = The length of a king's arm, a measure of cloth used at court for weddings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	weddings	wedding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a measure of cloth *not said here* |  | court |  | for weddings | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **measure** |  |  | cloth |  |  |  |  | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old unit of measure for cloth, roughly forty-five inches long and used by tailors

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:e4:o4:1
# text = An old unit of measure for cloth, roughly forty-five inches long and used by tailors
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	tailors	tailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:agent	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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