--- title: By what means did the poor brother attempt to rouse the oxen? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother a… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the poor brother attempt to rouse the oxen? Exam question 2 of lesson 1101 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother: the henchmen in the drum settle the quarrel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1101-pg29672-part7/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1101-pg29672-part7/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother:… By what means did the poor brother attempt to rouse the oxen? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, rouse · **To what, where:** poor brother attempt, oxen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 1101 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother: the henchmen in the drum settle the quarrel» 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/1101-pg29672-part7/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:e2:1 # text = By what means did the poor brother attempt to rouse the oxen? 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 0 root _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 rouse rouse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | the poor brother attempt | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality | | 3 | **rouse** | to-infinitive | | the oxen | | | | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Patient | 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} by beating them hard with a stick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:e2:o1:1 # text = by beating them hard with a stick 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | with a stick; hard *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stick=Instrument | ### Option 2 {#o2} by kicking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:e2:o2:1 # text = by kicking 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 kicking kick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | gerund | | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} by beating them with a stick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:e2:o3:1 # text = by beating them with a stick 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | with a stick | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stick=Instrument | ### Option 4 {#o4} by shouting ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:e2:o4:1 # text = by shouting 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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