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title: By what means does the shepherdess ultimately arrive at the rooftop… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdes… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means does the shepherdess ultimately arrive at the rooftop with her sweetheart? Exam question 4 of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sw…

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By what means does the shepherdess ultimately arrive at the rooftop with her sweetheart?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, arrive · **To what, where:** shepherdess, rooftop · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» 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/974-pg27200-part185/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e4:1
# text = By what means does the shepherdess ultimately arrive at the rooftop with her sweetheart?
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	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	arrive	arrive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rooftop	rooftop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	with	with	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	sweetheart	sweetheart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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** | present |  | the shepherdess |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherdess=Eventuality |
| 3 | **arrive** | present |  |  |  | the rooftop with her sweetheart |  | ultimately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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climbing up the chimney from the stove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e4:o1:1
# text = climbing up the chimney from the stove
1	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | gerund |  | the chimney |  | the stove |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient chimney=Extent from stove=Initial\_State |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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climbing down the chimney to the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e4:o2:1
# text = climbing down the chimney to the roof
1	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  |  |  | the chimney |  | to the roof | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme down chimney=Initial\_Location to roof=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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climbing out through the open window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e4:o3:1
# text = climbing out through the open window
1	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb out** | gerund |  |  |  | the open window |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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climbing up the chimney from the stove and over the roof tiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e4:o4:1
# text = climbing up the chimney from the stove and over the roof tiles
1	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tiles	tile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | gerund |  | the chimney |  | the stove and the roof tiles |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient chimney=Extent from stove=Initial\_State |

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