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title: By what means did the girl Karen come to be relieved of her poverty… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes,… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the girl Karen come to be relieved of her poverty and taken into care? Exam question 3 of lesson 956 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes are argued over, then poor Karen gets red shoes and is taken away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes ar…

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By what means did the girl Karen come to be relieved of her poverty and taken into care?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, come, be, take · **To what, where:** girl, care · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 956 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes are argued over, then poor Karen gets red shoes and is taken away» 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/956-pg27200-part167/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e3:1
# text = By what means did the girl Karen come to be relieved of her poverty and taken into care?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	Karen	Karen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	relieved	relieved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the girl |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Eventuality |
| 3 | **come** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of Karen's poverty; relieved *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **take** | participle |  |  |  | care |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into care=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Through the pity of an old lady, who offered to take her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e3:o1:1
# text = Through the pity of an old lady, who offered to take her
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past |  |  |  | the pity of a old lady |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination |
| 3 | **pity** |  |  | a old lady |  |  |  |  | nom pity «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through the charity of a rich merchant who wanted a servant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e3:o2:1
# text = Through the charity of a rich merchant who wanted a servant
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | a rich merchant | a servant |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot servant=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through the pity of an old lady, who saw her at the funeral and offered to take her into her house and teach her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e3:o3:1
# text = Through the pity of an old lady, who saw her at the funeral and offered to take her into her house and teach her
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	into	into	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
25	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past |  | her *= she* |  | the pity of a old lady |  | at the funeral | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 2 | **offer** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  | her house |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into house=Destination |
| 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 5 | **pity** |  |  | a old lady |  |  |  |  | nom pity «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Through the pity of an old lady who lived in a large house by the river, who offered to take her in and feed her well

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e3:o4:1
# text = Through the pity of an old lady who lived in a large house by the river, who offered to take her in and feed her well
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
26	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	25	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a old lady |  |  | a large house |  | by the river | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
| 2 | **offer** | past | the river |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the river *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination |
| 4 | **feed** | infinitive | the river *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  | well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 5 | **pity** |  |  | a old lady |  |  |  |  | nom pity «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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