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title: In what manner does the hare obtain the means of crossing the river? — Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner does the hare obtain the means of crossing the river? Exam question 1 of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

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In what manner does the hare obtain the means of crossing the river?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hare, the · **What happens:** obtain, mean, cross · **To what, where:** manner, river

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» 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/1218-pg3282-part19/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e1:1
# text = In what manner does the hare obtain the means of crossing the river?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	nsubj	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present · do-support | the hare |  |  | what manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cross** | gerund | the *not said here* | the river |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By wishing himself across after jumping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e1:o1:1
# text = By wishing himself across after jumping
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	across	across	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | gerund |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | across *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme |
| 2 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By jumping onto the backs of several whales and wishing himself across the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e1:o2:1
# text = By jumping onto the backs of several whales and wishing himself across the water
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	obj	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  | the backs of several whales |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto back=Trajectory |
| 2 | **wish** | gerund |  | himself *= he* |  | the water |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By asking the whales to carry him over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e1:o3:1
# text = By asking the whales to carry him over
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | the whales |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **carry over** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By calling the whales across

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e1:o4:1
# text = By calling the whales across
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	across	across	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  |  | the whales |  |  | across *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient |

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