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title: What spell did the laundry-maid pronounce upon the master and the ma… — English Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics
description: What spell did the laundry-maid pronounce upon the master and the male servants? Exam question 2 of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid'…

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What spell did the laundry-maid pronounce upon the master and the male servants?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** laundry maid · **What happens:** be, do, pronounce

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» 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/241-pg14241-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e2:1
# text = What spell did the laundry-maid pronounce upon the master and the male servants?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	spell	spell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	laundry	laundry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pronounce** | present | the laundry maid |  |  |  |  | upon the master and the male servants | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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"By virtue of my two feathers"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = "By virtue of my two feathers"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"By the power of my three feathers"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = "By the power of my three feathers"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"Three feathers"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = "Three feathers"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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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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"By virtue of my three feathers"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = "By virtue of my three feathers"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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