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title: Of what nature was the punishment assigned by the King to the Queen… — Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a fa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what nature was the punishment assigned by the King to the Queen and her accomplice? Exam question 4 of lesson 1928 «Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves his master, then a witch's poison kills a horse, a raven and twelve robbers» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves…

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Of what nature was the punishment assigned by the King to the Queen and her accomplice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, assign · **To what, where:** punishment, Queen

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1928 «Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves his master, then a witch's poison kills a horse, a raven and twelve robbers» 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/1928-pg7277-part65/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e4:1
# text = Of what nature was the punishment assigned by the King to the Queen and her accomplice?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	accomplice	accomplice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | nature | the punishment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **assign** | participle |  | the punishment *not said here* | the Queen and her accomplice |  |  | by the King | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to queen=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 {#o1}

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a public execution in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e4:o1:1
# text = a public execution in the square
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a holed ship sent out to sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e4:o2:1
# text = a holed ship sent out to sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	holed	hole	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hole** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send out** | participle |  | a holed ship *not said here* |  | sea |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to sea=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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exile to a distant island

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e4:o3:1
# text = exile to a distant island
1	exile	exile	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exile** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a distant island |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to island=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a dungeon in the castle tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e4:o4:1
# text = a dungeon in the castle tower
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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