--- title: Beneath which tree did the rich man's wife stand while peeling the a… — Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Beneath which tree did the rich man's wife stand while peeling the apples? Exam question 3 of lesson 763 «Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wife wishes for a red-and-white child, and her stepson's life turns dark» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/763-pg2591-part39/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, The Juniper Tree, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/763-pg2591-part39/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wif… Beneath which tree did the rich man's wife stand while peeling the apples? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, peel · **To what, where:** wife stand, apples This is exam question 3 of lesson 763 «Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wife wishes for a red-and-white child, and her stepson's life turns dark» 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/763-pg2591-part39/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e3:1 # text = Beneath which tree did the rich man's wife stand while peeling the apples? 1 Beneath beneath ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 peeling peel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the rich man's wife stand | | | | beneath which tree | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stand=Eventuality | | 2 | **peel** | gerund | | the apples | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Source | 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} A tall apple-tree near the farmhouse gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e3:o1:1 # text = A tall apple-tree near the farmhouse gate 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 near near ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 farmhouse farmhouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A juniper-tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e3:o2:1 # text = A juniper-tree 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 juniper juniper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A birch-tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e3:o3:1 # text = A birch-tree 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 birch birch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A willow-tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e3:o4:1 # text = A willow-tree 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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