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title: In what manner did the mother of Hans respond to each of his deliver… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Ha… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the mother of Hans respond to each of his deliveries, and what admonition did she offer on the final occasion? Exam question 2 of lesson 766 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift home the wrong way until Gretel leaves him» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In what manner did the mother of Hans respond to each of his deliveries, and what admonition did she offer on the final occasion?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hans, admonition, his · **What happens:** do, respond, offer, deliver · **To what, where:** mother, manner, each, final occasion

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 766 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift home the wrong way until Gretel leaves him» 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/766-pg2591-part42/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the mother of Hans respond to each of his deliveries, and what admonition did she offer on the final occasion?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	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	6	det	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	Hans	han	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	respond	respond	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	deliveries	delivery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obj	_	_
18	admonition	admonition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the mother |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Eventuality |
| 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | present | Hans | the mother *not said here* | each |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Topic to each=Recipient |
| 3 | **offer** | past · do-support | admonition |  |  | the final occasion |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 4 | **deliver** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom delivery «act transitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She scolded him after every gift and explained how each one ought to have been carried, and at the end she told him to scold Gretel for her rudeness.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:e2:o1:1
# text = She scolded him after every gift and explained how each one ought to have been carried, and at the end she told him to scold Gretel for her rudeness.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scolded	scold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	explained	explain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
22	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	iobj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	scold	scold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
27	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scold** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  | after every gift |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **carry** | ought · perfect · passive |  | each one |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she |  | him *= he* |  | at the end |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **scold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | Gretel |  |  |  | for Gretel's rudeness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent gretel=Theme for rudeness=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She praised him and said nothing more.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:e2:o2:1
# text = She praised him and said nothing more.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She praised him each time and told him how to carry the gifts, and on the last occasion she told him to look at Gretel with a stern face and refuse her.

<!-- fold The tree, 32 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:e2:o3:1
# text = She praised him each time and told him how to carry the gifts, and on the last occasion she told him to look at Gretel with a stern face and refuse her.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
20	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	iobj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
33	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  | time |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | She *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the gifts |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she |  | him *= he* | the last occasion |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a stern face; at Gretel | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at gretel=Theme |
| 6 | **refuse** | infinitive | she *not said here* | Gretel |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She rebuked him each time and advised him how the gift should have been conveyed, and on the last occasion she told him to cast friendly eyes upon Gretel.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:766-pg2591-part42:e2:o4:1
# text = She rebuked him each time and advised him how the gift should have been conveyed, and on the last occasion she told him to cast friendly eyes upon Gretel.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rebuked	rebuke	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	advised	advise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
22	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	iobj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	cast	cast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
27	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
29	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rebuke** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  | time |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | She *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **convey** | should · perfect · passive |  | the gift |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she |  | him *= he* | the last occasion |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **cast** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | friendly eyes |  |  |  | upon Gretel | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent eye=Theme upon gretel=Destination |

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