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title: By what agency was the child's foot released from the cursed shoes? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes,… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what agency was the child's foot released from the cursed shoes? Exam question 2 of lesson 957 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 168: Karen dances in her red shoes and cannot stop» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 168: Karen dan…

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By what agency was the child's foot released from the cursed shoes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** agency · **What happens:** be, release, curse · **To what, where:** foot, cursed shoes

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 957 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 168: Karen dances in her red shoes and cannot stop» 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/957-pg27200-part168/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:e2:1
# text = By what agency was the child's foot released from the cursed shoes?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obl	_	_
3	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | agency | the child's foot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **release** | participle |  | the child's foot *not said here* |  | the cursed shoes |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1}

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By the executioner who came with his axe and a red cloak in the morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:e2:o1:1
# text = By the executioner who came with his axe and a red cloak in the morning
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	executioner	executioner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the executioner |  |  |  | morning | with his axe and a red cloak | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By the executioner's heavy axe that struck off her feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:e2:o2:1
# text = By the executioner's heavy axe that struck off her feet
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	executioner	executioner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike off** | past | the executioner's heavy axe | her feet |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |

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

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By the executioner's axe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:e2:o3:1
# text = By the executioner's axe
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	executioner	executioner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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By the executioner's knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:e2:o4:1
# text = By the executioner's knife
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	executioner	executioner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	knife	knife	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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