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title: By what stratagem does the shoemaker effect his release from the sack? — Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beaut… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what stratagem does the shoemaker effect his release from the sack? Exam question 1 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: t…

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By what stratagem does the shoemaker effect his release from the sack?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stratagem · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** shoemaker effect

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» 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/1640-pg5615-part29/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e1:1
# text = By what stratagem does the shoemaker effect his release from the sack?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	shoemaker	shoemaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | stratagem | the shoemaker effect and stratagem's release from the sack |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality |

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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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By persuading the swineherd to take his place in the sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e1:o1:1
# text = By persuading the swineherd to take his place in the sack
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	persuading	persuade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | gerund |  | the swineherd |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swineherd=Patient |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | his place |  | the sack |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in sack=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By trading places with the captain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e1:o2:1
# text = By trading places with the captain
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	trading	trading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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By substituting the swineherd in his place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e1:o3:1
# text = By substituting the swineherd in his place
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	substituting	substitute	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **substitute** | gerund |  | the swineherd |  | his place |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme swineherd=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By convincing the robber captain to release him at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e1:o4:1
# text = By convincing the robber captain to release him at once
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	convincing	convince	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convince** | gerund |  | the robber captain |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus captain=Experiencer |
| 2 | **release** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source |

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