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title: On what ground did Curdken petition the sovereign for the removal of… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what ground did Curdken petition the sovereign for the removal of the goose-girl? Exam question 2 of lesson 99 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out and the false bride is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out…

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On what ground did Curdken petition the sovereign for the removal of the goose-girl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Curdken · **What happens:** petition, remove · **To what, where:** sovereign, ground, goose girl

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 99 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl: the secret comes out and the false bride is punished» 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/99-pg11027-part2/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:e2:1
# text = On what ground did Curdken petition the sovereign for the removal of the goose-girl?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Curdken	Curdken	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	petition	petition	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **petition** | past · do-support | Curdken | the sovereign |  | ground |  | for the removal of the goose girl | tree rules |
| 2 | **remove** |  |  | the goose girl |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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On the ground that she had tormented him daily since her arrival at court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:e2:o1:1
# text = On the ground that she had tormented him daily since her arrival at court
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	tormented	torment	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	since	since	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **torment** | past · perfect · passive |  | she |  | the ground | since her arrival at court | daily *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result |
| 2 | **arrive** |  | her *= she* |  |  | court |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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On the ground that she had tormented him daily and stolen his hat from the meadow

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:e2:o2:1
# text = On the ground that she had tormented him daily and stolen his hat from the meadow
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	tormented	torment	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **torment** | past · perfect · passive |  | she |  | the ground |  | daily *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result |
| 2 | **steal** | participle |  | his hat |  | the meadow |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hat=Theme from meadow=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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On the claim that she stole his horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:e2:o3:1
# text = On the claim that she stole his horse
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | she | his horse |  | the claim |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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On the ground that she tormented him daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:99-pg11027-part2:e2:o4:1
# text = On the ground that she tormented him daily
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tormented	torment	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **torment** | past | she | him *= he* |  | the ground |  | daily *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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