--- title: By what means did the stepmother attempt to prevent the young girl f… — Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the stepmother attempt to prevent the young girl from attending the feast? Exam question 3 of lesson 759 «Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother sets impossible tasks, and a hazel-tree brings Ashputtel a golden dress for the king's feast» of the books course of Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/759-pg2591-part35/e3/) [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/) / [Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/759-pg2591-part35/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother se… By what means did the stepmother attempt to prevent the young girl from attending the feast? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, prevent, attend · **To what, where:** stepmother attempt, young girl, feast · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 759 «Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother sets impossible tasks, and a hazel-tree brings Ashputtel a golden dress for the king's feast» 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/759-pg2591-part35/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e3:1 # text = By what means did the stepmother attempt to prevent the young girl from attending the feast? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 from from SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 attending attend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | the stepmother attempt | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality | | 3 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | | the young girl | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer girl=Theme | | 4 | **attend** | gerund | | the feast | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feast=Goal | 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} By locking her in the cellar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e3:o1:1 # text = By locking her in the cellar 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 locking lock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | gerund | | her *= she* | | the cellar | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} By sending her away to the farm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e3:o2:1 # text = By sending her away to the farm 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | to the farm; away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} By selling her gown to a merchant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e3:o3:1 # text = By selling her gown to a merchant 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | gerund | | her gown | a merchant | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gown=Theme to merchant=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} By setting her impossible tasks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e3:o4:1 # text = By setting her impossible tasks 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | gerund | | her impossible tasks | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient task=Result | | 2 | **task** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent | **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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