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title: Describe the circumstances under which the grocer's wife came to los… — Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the G… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the circumstances under which the grocer's wife came to lose her earrings, and state which valuable item she secured in their place. Exam question 4 of lesson 1614 «Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire» of the books course of Mo
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin bo…

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Describe the circumstances under which the grocer's wife came to lose her earrings, and state which valuable item she secured in their place.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, wife, state · **What happens:** describe, come, lose, item, secure · **To what, where:** circumstances, earrings, valuable item, place

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1614 «Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire» 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/1614-pg5615-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e4:1
# text = Describe the circumstances under which the grocer's wife came to lose her earrings, and state which valuable item she secured in their place.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grocer	grocer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	earrings	earring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
19	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
21	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	secured	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the circumstances |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | the grocer's wife |  |  | the circumstances |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** | to-infinitive | the grocer's wife *not said here* | wife's earrings |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earring=Eventuality |
| 4 | **item** |  | state |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **secure** | past | state | valuable item *not said here* |  | earrings's place |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition item=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She removed them in fear of the fire, and secured them in her pocket

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = She removed them in fear of the fire, and secured them in her pocket
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	secured	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past | She | them *= they* |  | fear of the fire |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **secure** | past | She *not said here* | them *= they* |  | her pocket |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition they=Theme |
| 3 | **fear** |  |  | the fire |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She removed them in fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = She removed them in fear
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past | She | them *= they* |  | fear |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She pulled them off in panic at the noise, and carried them in her apron

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = She pulled them off in panic at the noise, and carried them in her apron
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	panic	panic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	apron	apron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull off** | past | She | them *= they* |  | panic |  | at the noise | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality |
| 2 | **carry** | past |  | them *= they* |  | her apron |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Value in apron=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In her pocket, from fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = In her pocket, from fear
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fear	fear	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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