Exam question 2 · Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: t…

What reason does the old woman give the king for requiring a shut carriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: give, require · To what, where: king, shut carriage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj:outer
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woman	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 requiring	mark
11	requiring	require	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 give	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 carriage	det
13	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 carriage	amod
14	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requiring	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · do-support	what reason	the king					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme
2	require	gerund	what reason not said here	a shut carriage					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme carriage=Precondition

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Because the sunlight burns her skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 burns	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sunlight	det
3	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	nsubj
4	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 skin	nmod:poss
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	the sunlight	sunlight's skin					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme

Option 2

To keep her wrinkled face hidden away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 face	nmod:poss
4	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 face	amod
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
6	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 keep	advcl
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 hidden	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive	her wrinkled face		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme
2	wrinkle	participle			vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	hide away	participle		away property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That no ray of light may fall upon her face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 ray	det
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 ray	det
3	ray	ray	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fall	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 light	case
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ray	nmod
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fall	aux
7	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 face	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	may	that ray of light			ray's face			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon face=Location
2	ray			light					nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Because of a curse placed upon her by the fairies long ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	4 curse	case
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 Because	fixed
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 curse	det
4	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 curse	acl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 placed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 fairies	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fairies	det
10	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 placed	obl
11	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 ago	advmod
12	ago	ago	ADV	_	5 placed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	participle		a curse not said here				upon her = she; by the fairies; ago property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon she=Destination

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