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title: What became of the dwelling at the stroke of midnight, following the… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters… · tree and pragmatics
description: What became of the dwelling at the stroke of midnight, following the sounds of trembling and collapse observed by the maiden? Exam question 4 of lesson 1615 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daughter feeds the beasts and breaks the witch's spell» of the books course of Mova's pri
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daugh…

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What became of the dwelling at the stroke of midnight, following the sounds of trembling and collapse observed by the maiden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** become, dwell, follow, observe, stroke · **To what, where:** stroke, sounds, collapse, midnight

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1615 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daughter feeds the beasts and breaks the witch's spell» 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/1615-pg5615-part4/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e4:1
# text = What became of the dwelling at the stroke of midnight, following the sounds of trembling and collapse observed by the maiden?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	trembling	trembling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	collapse	collapse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **dwell** | gerund |  |  |  | the stroke of midnight |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stroke=Location |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  | the sounds of trembling and collapse |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme |
| 4 | **observe** | participle |  | collapse *not said here* |  |  |  | by the maiden | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **stroke** |  |  | midnight |  |  |  |  | nom stroke «act 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 {#o1}

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the house crumbled and then was changed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = the house crumbled and then was changed
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crumbled	crumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crumble** | past | the house |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **change** | past · passive | the house *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the roof caved in and was made new

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = the roof caved in and was made new
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	caved	cave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cave in** | participle |  | the roof *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past · passive |  | the roof |  |  |  | new *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the roof fell in and then it was transformed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = the roof fell in and then it was transformed
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall in** | past | the roof |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **transform** | past · passive |  | roof |  |  | then |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the roof fell in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = the roof fell in
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall in** | past | the roof |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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