--- title: By what means did the king retrieve the blind peris from the well? — Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypre… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the king retrieve the blind peris from the well? Exam question 3 of lesson 1207 «Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypress, part 8: the prince wins a wish and the king starts his tale» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1207-pg3282-part8/e3/) [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/) / [Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypre…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1207-pg3282-part8/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypress, part 8: the prin… By what means did the king retrieve the blind peris from the well? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** mean, retrieve · **To what, where:** blind peris, well This is exam question 3 of lesson 1207 «Arabian Nights, The Rose and the Cypress, part 8: the prince wins a wish and the king starts his tale» 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/1207-pg3282-part8/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e3:1 # text = By what means did the king retrieve the blind peris from the well? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 retrieve retrieve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 peris peris NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 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 | | 2 | **retrieve** | past · do-support | the king | the blind peris | | the well | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent peris=Theme from well=Source | 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} A turban ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e3:o1:1 # text = A turban 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 turban turban NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} By rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e3:o2:1 # text = By rope 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Using his cloak to lift them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e3:o3:1 # text = Using his cloak to lift them 1 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | his cloak | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Patient | | 2 | **lift** | to-infinitive | | them *= they* | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Using his turban as a rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1207-pg3282-part8:e3:o4:1 # text = Using his turban as a rope 1 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 turban turban NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | his turban | | | | as a rope | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent turban=Duration as rope=Attribute | **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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