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title: By what means does the enchantress ascend to the window of the tower? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means does the enchantress ascend to the window of the tower? Exam question 1 of lesson 739 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15: Rapunzel is locked in a tower, and a prince learns how to climb up to her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15: Rapunzel is locked…

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By what means does the enchantress ascend to the window of the tower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** enchantress · **What happens:** mean, ascend · **To what, where:** window

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 739 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 15: Rapunzel is locked in a tower, and a prince learns how to climb up to her» 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/739-pg2591-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:e1:1
# text = By what means does the enchantress ascend to the window of the tower?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ascend	ascend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ascend** | present · do-support | the enchantress |  |  | the window of the tower |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial\_Location |

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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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By the braided hair of the maiden, climbing hand over hand from the garden below

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = By the braided hair of the maiden, climbing hand over hand from the garden below
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	braided	braid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
7	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj	_	_
10	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
16	below	below	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **braid** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **climb** | gerund |  | hand |  | hand |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hand=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Through the open window of the old hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = Through the open window of the old hall
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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By the braided hair of the maiden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = By the braided hair of the maiden
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	braided	braid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **braid** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By the long plaited hair of the girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:739-pg2591-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = By the long plaited hair of the girl
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	plaited	plait	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	hair	hair	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	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plait** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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