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title: What illness did the laundress's husband suffer before his death? — Andersen's Tales, The Laundress, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What illness did the laundress's husband suffer before his death? Exam question 3 of lesson 844 «Andersen's Tales, The Laundress, part 55: the laundress collapses in the street and tells her sad story» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Laundress, part 55: the laundress co…

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What illness did the laundress's husband suffer before his death?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** illness, husband · **What happens:** do, suffer, die

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 844 «Andersen's Tales, The Laundress, part 55: the laundress collapses in the street and tells her sad story» 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/844-pg27200-part55/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:844-pg27200-part55:e3:1
# text = What illness did the laundress's husband suffer before his death?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	laundress	laundress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	suffer	suffer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | illness |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **suffer** | present | the laundress's husband |  |  |  | before husband's death |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **die** |  | husband |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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 long illness that wasted his body away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:844-pg27200-part55:e3:o1:1
# text = a long illness that wasted his body away
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wasted	waste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waste away** | past | a long illness | his body |  |  |  | away *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a sickness of the lungs that lasted through a winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:844-pg27200-part55:e3:o2:1
# text = a sickness of the lungs that lasted through a winter
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sickness	sickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | a sickness of the lungs |  |  |  | winter |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a prolonged lingering illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:844-pg27200-part55:e3:o3:1
# text = a prolonged lingering illness
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	lingering	lingering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a sudden violent fever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:844-pg27200-part55:e3:o4:1
# text = a sudden violent fever
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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