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title: In what manner did the muskrat ultimately deliver the bone toward Ik… — Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Mus… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the muskrat ultimately deliver the bone toward Iktomi? Exam question 2 of lesson 1266 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskrat beats Iktomi in a race, then gets the last laugh» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskra…

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In what manner did the muskrat ultimately deliver the bone toward Iktomi?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, deliver · **To what, where:** muskrat, manner, bone

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1266 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskrat beats Iktomi in a race, then gets the last laugh» 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/1266-pg338-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the muskrat ultimately deliver the bone toward Iktomi?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	muskrat	muskrat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	deliver	deliver	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the muskrat |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muskrat=Eventuality |
| 2 | **deliver** | present |  | the bone |  |  |  | toward Iktomi; ultimately *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=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 letting it fall from a branch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = by letting it fall from a branch
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	letting	let	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive |  |  |  | a branch |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from branch=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by rolling it down a slope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = by rolling it down a slope
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll down** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent it=Theme slope=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by tossing it from a limb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = by tossing it from a limb
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tossing	toss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | gerund |  | it |  | a limb |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product from limb=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by dropping it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = by dropping it
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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