---
title: Which individual does the huntsman spare from corporal punishment, a… — Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which individual does the huntsman spare from corporal punishment, and for what reason? Exam question 4 of lesson 780 «Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/780-pg2591-part56/e4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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 Wishing-Cloak: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/780-pg2591-part56/) / e4

# Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks th…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which individual does the huntsman spare from corporal punishment, and for what reason?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** individual, huntsman · **What happens:** do, spare · **To what, where:** huntsman, corporal punishment

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 4 of lesson 780 «Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad» 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/780-pg2591-part56/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e4:1
# text = Which individual does the huntsman spare from corporal punishment, and for what reason?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	corporal	corporal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
14	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which individual | the huntsman |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent huntsman=Eventuality |
| 2 | **spare** | infinitive | the huntsman *not said here* |  |  | corporal punishment |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the witch, since she pleaded for mercy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e4:o1:1
# text = the witch, since she pleaded for mercy
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pleaded	plead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | past | the witch |  |  |  |  | for mercy | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the lady, from unwillingness to see her beaten and bruised by the miller's stick

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e4:o2:1
# text = the lady, from unwillingness to see her beaten and bruised by the miller's stick
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	unwillingness	unwillingness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	bruised	bruise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **beat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **bruise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the miller's stick | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the lady, from unwillingness to see her beaten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e4:o3:1
# text = the lady, from unwillingness to see her beaten
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	unwillingness	unwillingness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **beat** | participle | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the servant-maid, because she begged him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e4:o4:1
# text = the servant-maid, because she begged him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | maid |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: th…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/780-pg2591-part56/e3/)
- next →: [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen…, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/782-pg2591-part58/t1/)
- ↑ back to [Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/780-pg2591-part56/)