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title: What hardship does the new Ranee impose upon the seven Princesses af… — Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lam… · tree and pragmatics
description: What hardship does the new Ranee impose upon the seven Princesses after she has taken her place in the palace? Exam question 4 of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» of the books cours
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# Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked int…

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What hardship does the new Ranee impose upon the seven Princesses after she has taken her place in the palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hardship, Ranee · **What happens:** impose, take · **To what, where:** place, palace

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» 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/1821-pg7128-part5/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e4:1
# text = What hardship does the new Ranee impose upon the seven Princesses after she has taken her place in the palace?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	hardship	hardship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Ranee	Ranee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	impose	impose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	Princesses	Princess	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | present · do-support | what hardship |  |  |  |  | upon the seven Princesses | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | present · perfect | Ranee | Ranee's place |  | the palace |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in palace=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She gives them only bread and little water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e4:o1:1
# text = She gives them only bread and little water
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | She | bread and little water | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient bread=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She makes them sleep on cold stone floors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e4:o2:1
# text = She makes them sleep on cold stone floors
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | She | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  | cold stone floors |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cruel work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e4:o3:1
# text = Cruel work
1	Cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hunger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e4:o4:1
# text = Hunger
1	Hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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