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title: In what manner did the maiden prepare for her marriage in the bridal… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince L… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the maiden prepare for her marriage in the bridal chamber? Exam question 2 of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

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In what manner did the maiden prepare for her marriage in the bridal chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maiden · **What happens:** prepare, marry · **To what, where:** manner

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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/1665-pg5615-part54/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the maiden prepare for her marriage in the bridal chamber?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | past · do-support | the maiden |  |  | what manner |  | for maiden's marriage; in the bridal chamber | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for marriage=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **marry** |  | maiden |  |  |  |  |  | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 arranging lye, brushes, and seven shirts beside the bed for the night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e2:o1:1
# text = By arranging lye, brushes, and seven shirts beside the bed for the night
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	arranging	arrange	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	lye	lye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	brushes	brush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	shirts	shirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | gerund |  | lye and brushes |  |  | night | seven shirts beside the bed *obl* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lye=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By gathering herbs, lye, several brushes, and a set of seven shirts from the chests

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e2:o2:1
# text = By gathering herbs, lye, several brushes, and a set of seven shirts from the chests
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	gathering	gather	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	lye	lye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	brushes	brush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	shirts	shirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	chests	chest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By arranging lye, brushes, and seven shirts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e2:o3:1
# text = By arranging lye, brushes, and seven shirts
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	arranging	arrange	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	lye	lye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	brushes	brush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	shirts	shirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | gerund |  | lye and brushes |  |  |  | seven shirts *obl* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lye=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By sewing seven linen dresses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e2:o4:1
# text = By sewing seven linen dresses
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	linen	linen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | gerund |  | seven linen dresses |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Product |

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