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title: State the manner in which the waiting-maid procured the position of… — Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl,… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the manner in which the waiting-maid procured the position of the true bride at the royal court. Exam question 2 of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess…

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State the manner in which the waiting-maid procured the position of the true bride at the royal court.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, waiting maid · **What happens:** state, procure · **To what, where:** manner, position

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» 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/98-pg11027-part1/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e2:1
# text = State the manner in which the waiting-maid procured the position of the true bride at the royal court.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	procured	procure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic |
| 2 | **procure** | past | the waiting maid | the position of the true bride at the royal court |  | the manner |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=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 {#o1}

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by blackmailing the king's guards into silence and secrecy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e2:o1:1
# text = by blackmailing the king's guards into silence and secrecy
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	blackmailing	blackmail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blackmail** | gerund |  | the king's guards |  |  |  | into silence and secrecy *result* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent guard=Patient into silence=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by marrying into the royal family through a clever plot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e2:o2:1
# text = by marrying into the royal family through a clever plot
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	marrying	marry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | gerund |  |  |  | the royal family |  | through a clever plot | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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

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by compelling her mistress to exchange horses and garments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e2:o3:1
# text = by compelling her mistress to exchange horses and garments
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	compelling	compel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	exchange	exchange	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | gerund |  | her mistress |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistress=Patient |
| 2 | **exchange** | to-infinitive |  | horses and garments |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by persuading the king's advisors to agree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e2:o4:1
# text = by persuading the king's advisors to agree
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	persuading	persuade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	advisors	advisor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | gerund |  | the king's advisors |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advisor=Patient |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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