--- title: State the reason given by the father for refusing that Ashputtel sho… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the go… · tree and pragmatics description: State the reason given by the father for refusing that Ashputtel should attend the prince at the final trial. Exam question 3 of lesson 760 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the false brides and the white dove's song» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/760-pg2591-part36/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the go…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/760-pg2591-part36/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the fa… State the reason given by the father for refusing that Ashputtel should attend the prince at the final trial. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ashputtel · **What happens:** give, refuse, not attend · **To what, where:** State reason, prince, final trial This is exam question 3 of lesson 760 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the false brides and the white dove's song» 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/760-pg2591-part36/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e3:1 # text = State the reason given by the father for refusing that Ashputtel should attend the prince at the final trial. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 Ashputtel Ashputtel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | the State reason *not said here* | | | | by the father | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **refuse** | gerund | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **attend** | should | Ashputtel | | the prince | the final trial | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme prince=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} She was too dirty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e3:o1:1 # text = She was too dirty 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | dirty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She was too dirty to be presented ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e3:o2:1 # text = She was too dirty to be presented 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | dirty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **present** | to-infinitive · passive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 3 {#o3} She was too young ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e3:o3:1 # text = She was too young 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} She had to stay and mind the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e3:o4:1 # text = She had to stay and mind the house 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | She | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mind** | infinitive | She *not said here* | the house | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | **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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