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title: By what means was the dwarf's beard entangled at the brook? — Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means was the dwarf's beard entangled at the brook? Exam question 2 of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…

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By what means was the dwarf's beard entangled at the brook?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** beard · **What happens:** mean, be, entangle · **To what, where:** beard, brook

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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/126-pg11027-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e2:1
# text = By what means was the dwarf's beard entangled at the brook?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	entangled	entangle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the dwarf's beard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **entangle** | past | the dwarf's beard |  |  | the brook |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Through his own sleeve and reeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = Through his own sleeve and reeds
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	reeds	reed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reed** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Through the wind and his fishing line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = Through the wind and his fishing line
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Through the bushes on the bank when he bent down to drink from the water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = Through the bushes on the bank when he bent down to drink from the water
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bent	bend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend down** | past | he |  |  | the bushes on the bank |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through bush=Location |
| 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | the water |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from water=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Through a gust of wind that blew his beard onto the fishing line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = Through a gust of wind that blew his beard onto the fishing line
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gust	gust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | that | his beard |  | a gust of wind |  | onto the fishing line | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent beard=Patient onto line=Recipient |

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