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title: By what means did news of the jogi's death reach the princess? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Mon… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did news of the jogi's death reach the princess? Exam question 1 of lesson 1283 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a clever monkey tricks a shark into carrying him back to his tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a cleve…

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By what means did news of the jogi's death reach the princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jogi · **What happens:** mean, do, reach, die · **To what, where:** news, princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1283 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a clever monkey tricks a shark into carrying him back to his tree» 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/1283-pg3454-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e1:1
# text = By what means did news of the jogi's death reach the princess?
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	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	jogi	jogi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | news of the jogi's death |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Eventuality |
| 3 | **reach** | infinitive |  | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
| 4 | **die** |  | the jogi |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Through rumour spreading in the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = Through rumour spreading in the town
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	spreading	spreading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Through rumour spreading in the town and a messenger sent from the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = Through rumour spreading in the town and a messenger sent from the palace
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	spreading	spreading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  | a messenger *not said here* |  | the palace |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from palace=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Through gossip from the palace guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = Through gossip from the palace guards
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By word of mouth in the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = By word of mouth in the market
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **word** |  |  | mouth |  | the market |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place |

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