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title: In what form was Hermod condemned to exist by the Queen's enchantment? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod a… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what form was Hermod condemned to exist by the Queen's enchantment? Exam question 1 of lesson 1745 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69: the Queen's spells, the Giant's trick and Olof's warning» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69:…

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In what form was Hermod condemned to exist by the Queen's enchantment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** form Hermod, Queen · **What happens:** be, condemn, exist, enchant · **To what, where:** form Hermod

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1745 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69: the Queen's spells, the Giant's trick and Olof's warning» 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/1745-pg640-part69/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e1:1
# text = In what form was Hermod condemned to exist by the Queen's enchantment?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Hermod	Hermod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	condemned	condemn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | form Hermod |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **condemn** | past | form Hermod |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **exist** | to-infinitive | form Hermod *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the Queen's enchantment | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by enchantment=Location |
| 4 | **enchant** |  | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom enchantment «feeling 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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As a lion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e1:o1:1
# text = As a lion
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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As a lion by day and a man by night, until his skin is burned

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e1:o2:1
# text = As a lion by day and a man by night, until his skin is burned
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	burned	burn	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 | **burn** | present · passive |  | man's skin |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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As a bird by day and a bear by night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e1:o3:1
# text = As a bird by day and a bear by night
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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As a lion by day and a man by night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e1:o4:1
# text = As a lion by day and a man by night
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	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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