--- title: What was the final fate of the queen, and in what manner did it come… — English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads o… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the final fate of the queen, and in what manner did it come about? Exam question 4 of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1976-pg7439-part35/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1976-pg7439-part35/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude g… What was the final fate of the queen, and in what manner did it come about? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manner · **What happens:** be, come about · **To what, where:** final fate, manner This is exam question 4 of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» 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/1976-pg7439-part35/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e4:1 # text = What was the final fate of the queen, and in what manner did it come about? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 13 det _ _ 13 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 17 about about ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the final fate | | | | of the queen | tree rules | | 2 | **come about** | past · do-support | manner | | | what manner | | about *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location | 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} she drowned herself in sorrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e4:o1:1 # text = she drowned herself in sorrow 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | past | she | herself *= she* | | sorrow | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} she threw herself from the tower window in a fit of rage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e4:o2:1 # text = she threw herself from the tower window in a fit of rage 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fit fit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | she | herself *= she* | | the tower window | | in a fit of rage | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in fit=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} she poisoned herself in shame ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e4:o3:1 # text = she poisoned herself in shame 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 poisoned poison VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poison** | past | she | herself *= she* | | shame | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} she hanged herself in wrath ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e4:o4:1 # text = she hanged herself in wrath 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hanged hange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hange** | past | she | herself *= she* | | wrath | | | tree rules | **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. 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