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title: By what means did Mongan's company achieve passage out of the tempest? — Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Mongan's company achieve passage out of the tempest? Exam question 2 of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hai…

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By what means did Mongan's company achieve passage out of the tempest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, achieve · **To what, where:** company, passage, tempest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» 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/1068-pg2892-part36/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e2:1
# text = By what means did Mongan's company achieve passage out of the tempest?
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	8	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	Mongan	Mongan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	achieve	achieve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tempest	tempest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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** | past |  | Mongan's company |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Eventuality |
| 3 | **achieve** | present |  | passage |  | the tempest |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Eventuality |

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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 passing through a knoll of trees and entering the land of Faery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e2:o1:1
# text = By passing through a knoll of trees and entering the land of Faery
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knoll	knoll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Faery	faery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund |  |  |  | a knoll of trees |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through knoll=Location |
| 2 | **enter** | gerund |  | the land of Faery |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme land=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By riding over the open sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e2:o2:1
# text = By riding over the open sea
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	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	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  |  |  | the open sea |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over sea=Trajectory |

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

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By passing a knoll of trees into Faery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e2:o3:1
# text = By passing a knoll of trees into Faery
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	knoll	knoll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Faery	faery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund |  | a knoll of trees |  | Faery |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent knoll=Theme into faery=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By following a white deer through a grove and into Faery's gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e2:o4:1
# text = By following a white deer through a grove and into Faery's gate
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Faery	Faery	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | a white deer |  | a grove and Faery's gate |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent deer=Theme through grove=Trajectory |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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