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title: Which action does the young girl undertake, as recorded in the text,… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action does the young girl undertake, as recorded in the text, in her endeavour to secure the return of her companion? Exam question 3 of lesson 288 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river» of the books course of M
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca…

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Which action does the young girl undertake, as recorded in the text, in her endeavour to secure the return of her companion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, companion · **What happens:** do, undertake, record, secure, endeavour, return · **To what, where:** young girl, text, return

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 288 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river» 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/288-pg1597-part15/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e3:1
# text = Which action does the young girl undertake, as recorded in the text, in her endeavour to secure the return of her companion?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	endeavour	endeavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which action | the young girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **undertake** | infinitive | which action *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **record** | participle |  |  |  | the text |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination |
| 4 | **secure** | to-infinitive |  | the return of action's companion |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition return=Theme |
| 5 | **endeavour** |  | action |  |  |  |  |  | nom endeavour «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **return** |  | action's companion |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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She drops her red shoes into the water, believing it will bring him home

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e3:o1:1
# text = She drops her red shoes into the water, believing it will bring him home
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | She | her red shoes |  | the water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme into water=Destination |
| 2 | **believe** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **bring** | future | water |  | him *= he* |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She throws her red shoes into the river and then climbs into a boat, certain the water will return Kay to her

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e3:o2:1
# text = She throws her red shoes into the river and then climbs into a boat, certain the water will return Kay to her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
21	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | present | She | her red shoes |  |  |  | into the river *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer shoe=Theme into river=Result |
| 2 | **climb** | present | She *not said here* |  |  | a boat | then |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into boat=Destination |
| 3 | **return** | future | the water | Kay | Kay |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kay=Theme to she=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She relinquishes her red shoes to the river, in the belief it will restore him

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e3:o3:1
# text = She relinquishes her red shoes to the river, in the belief it will restore him
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relinquishes	relinquish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relinquish** | present | She | her red shoes | the river |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme to river=Recipient |
| 2 | **restore** | future | belief | him *= he* |  | the belief |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She tosses her treasured red shoes into the wide cold river, hoping that the current will carry him back to the town

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e3:o4:1
# text = She tosses her treasured red shoes into the wide cold river, hoping that the current will carry him back to the town
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tosses	toss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	treasured	treasure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	back	back	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | present | She | her treasured red shoes |  | the wide cold river |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient into river=Recipient |
| 2 | **treasure** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **hope** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **carry back** | future | the current | him *= he* |  | the town |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to town=Destination |

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