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title: Upon what grounds did the old fellow censure Dame Goody? — English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what grounds did the old fellow censure Dame Goody? Exam question 4 of lesson 1974 «English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the pixy's ointment: a stolen look that costs an eye» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the pixy's ointment: a st…

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Upon what grounds did the old fellow censure Dame Goody?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** ground, do · **To what, where:** old fellow censure

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1974 «English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the pixy's ointment: a stolen look that costs an eye» 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/1974-pg7439-part33/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e4:1
# text = Upon what grounds did the old fellow censure Dame Goody?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	fellow	fellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	censure	censure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	Dame	Dame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	Goody	Goody	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the old fellow censure |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent censure=Eventuality |

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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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for spying on his family and stealing his ointment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e4:o1:1
# text = for spying on his family and stealing his ointment
1	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spying	spy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spy** | gerund |  |  |  | his family |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **steal** | gerund |  | his ointment |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ointment=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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for meddling with his affairs and his household secrets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e4:o2:1
# text = for meddling with his affairs and his household secrets
1	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	meddling	meddle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	affairs	affair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meddle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with his affairs and his household secrets | tree rules |

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

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for meddling with his affairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e4:o3:1
# text = for meddling with his affairs
1	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	meddling	meddle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	affairs	affair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meddle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with his affairs | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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for spying on his market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e4:o4:1
# text = for spying on his market
1	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spying	spy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spy** | gerund |  |  |  | his market |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **market** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom market «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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