--- title: How does the stepmother's reaction on discovering the daughters' fat… — Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: t… · tree and pragmatics description: How does the stepmother's reaction on discovering the daughters' fate characterise her nature? Exam question 4 of lesson 457 «Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters freeze in the forest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/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/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daug… How does the stepmother's reaction on discovering the daughters' fate characterise her nature? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stepmother, daughters · **What happens:** do, discover, characterise, react, fate · **To what, where:** reaction, fate, nature This is exam question 4 of lesson 457 «Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters freeze in the forest» 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/457-pg22373-part49/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e4:1 # text = How does the stepmother's reaction on discovering the daughters' fate characterise her nature? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 reaction reaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 on on SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 discovering discover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 characterise characterise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the stepmother's reaction | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reaction=Eventuality | | 2 | **discover** | gerund | | the daughters's fate | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Topic | | 3 | **characterise** | present | | stepmother's nature | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **react** | | the stepmother | | | | | | nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **fate** | | the daughters | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She reproaches her husband with fury and malice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e4:o1:1 # text = She reproaches her husband with fury and malice 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reproaches reproach 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 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 malice malice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reproach** | present | She | her husband | | | | with fury and malice | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She blames the girls and laughs coldly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e4:o2:1 # text = She blames the girls and laughs coldly 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 blames blame VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 coldly coldly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | present | She | the girls | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | | 2 | **laugh** | present | She *not said here* | | | | | coldly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} She grieves quietly and forgives him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e4:o3:1 # text = She grieves quietly and forgives him 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grieves grieve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 forgives forgive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | present | She | | | | | quietly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **forgive** | present | She *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She is calm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e4:o4:1 # text = She is calm 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | calm *property* | 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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