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title: State the penalty assigned by the Hunter to the old donkey, the form… — Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the penalty assigned by the Hunter to the old donkey, the former witch. Exam question 3 of lesson 1688 «Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the faithless trio with magic cabbage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the…

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State the penalty assigned by the Hunter to the old donkey, the former witch.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, assign · **To what, where:** penalty, old donkey

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1688 «Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the faithless trio with magic cabbage» 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/1688-pg640-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e3:1
# text = State the penalty assigned by the Hunter to the old donkey, the former witch.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 penalty |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent penalty=Topic |
| 2 | **assign** | participle |  | the penalty *not said here* | the old donkey and the former witch |  |  | by the Hunter | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to donkey=Goal |

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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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Three hard beatings at the mill and only one small meal to eat afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = Three hard beatings at the mill and only one small meal to eat afterwards
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	beatings	beating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | afterwards *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two beatings and one meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = Two beatings and one meal
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	beatings	beating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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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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Three beatings and one meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = Three beatings and one meal
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	beatings	beating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Three beatings and one meal each day for the rest of her donkey life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = Three beatings and one meal each day for the rest of her donkey life
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	beatings	beating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

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