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title: Which action did the queen take to obtain the distaff from the girl? — Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the queen take to obtain the distaff from the girl? Exam question 1 of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 1 · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the…

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Which action did the queen take to obtain the distaff from the girl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** take, obtain · **To what, where:** distaff

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» 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/662-pg2435-part2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e1:1
# text = Which action did the queen take to obtain the distaff from the girl?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	distaff	distaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support | which action |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | the distaff |  |  |  | from the girl | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent distaff=Theme from girl=Source |

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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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She ordered her maids to hide the distaff and offered the girl gold for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e1:o1:1
# text = She ordered her maids to hide the distaff and offered the girl gold for it
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	distaff	distaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | She |  | her maids |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent maid=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the distaff |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distaff=Patient |
| 3 | **offer** | past | She *not said here* | the girl gold |  |  |  | for gold | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent gold=Theme for it=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She drugged the king once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e1:o2:1
# text = She drugged the king once
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drugged	drug	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drug** | past | She |  | the king |  |  | once *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent king=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She poisoned the king's wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e1:o3:1
# text = She poisoned the king's wine
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | past | She | the king's wine |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She administered a soporific draught to the king on two successive nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e1:o4:1
# text = She administered a soporific draught to the king on two successive nights
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	administered	administer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	soporific	soporific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | past | She | a soporific draught | the king |  | night |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent draught=Theme to king=Recipient |

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