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title: Describe the reward conferred upon the huntsman by the old woman in… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the reward conferred upon the huntsman by the old woman in exchange for his kindness. Exam question 4 of lesson 779 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister frees her ravens, Mrs Fox tests her suitors, and a huntsman gets a magic cloak» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister…

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Describe the reward conferred upon the huntsman by the old woman in exchange for his kindness.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, confer · **To what, where:** reward

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 779 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister frees her ravens, Mrs Fox tests her suitors, and a huntsman gets a magic cloak» 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/779-pg2591-part55/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:e4:1
# text = Describe the reward conferred upon the huntsman by the old woman in exchange for his kindness.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reward |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |
| 2 | **confer** | participle |  | the reward *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the huntsman | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A wishing-cloak, a piece of gold each morning, and a golden key to the castle

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:e4:o1:1
# text = A wishing-cloak, a piece of gold each morning, and a golden key to the castle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wishing	wishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A wishing-cloak that could take him anywhere and a piece of gold every single morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:e4:o2:1
# text = A wishing-cloak that could take him anywhere and a piece of gold every single morning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wishing	wishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
16	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | could | a wishing cloak |  | him *= he* |  | morning | anywhere *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wishing-cloak and a jar of honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:e4:o3:1
# text = A wishing-cloak and a jar of honey
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wishing	wishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wishing-cloak and a piece of gold each morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:e4:o4:1
# text = A wishing-cloak and a piece of gold each morning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wishing	wishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

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