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title: Which means did the countryman employ to convey the parson to the fi… — Household Tales, Frederick and Catheri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which means did the countryman employ to convey the parson to the field? Exam question 4 of lesson 108 «Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: thieves flee from what they think is the Evil One» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 4 · Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: thieves flee fro…

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Which means did the countryman employ to convey the parson to the field?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** countryman · **What happens:** mean, employ, convey · **To what, where:** parson, field · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 108 «Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: thieves flee from what they think is the Evil One» 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/108-pg11027-part11/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e4:1
# text = Which means did the countryman employ to convey the parson to the field?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	countryman	countryman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	parson	parson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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 | **employ** | past · do-support | the countryman |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **convey** | to-infinitive | the countryman *not said here* | the parson | the field |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent parson=Topic to field=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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He lifted him up and carried him on his back all the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e4:o1:1
# text = He lifted him up and carried him on his back all the way
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift up** | past | He | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  | his back |  | all way *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He carried him on his back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e4:o2:1
# text = He carried him on his back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | He | him *= he* |  | his back |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He pushed him on a cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e4:o3:1
# text = He pushed him on a cart
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | He | him *= he* |  | a cart |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme on cart=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He carried him on his back across the wet fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e4:o4:1
# text = He carried him on his back across the wet fields
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | He | him *= he* |  | his back |  | across the wet fields | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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