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title: Identify the means by which the prince's memory is restored at the c… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the means by which the prince's memory is restored at the close of the episode. Exam question 2 of lesson 1297 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince forgets his wife, and she wins him back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince f…

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Identify the means by which the prince's memory is restored at the close of the episode.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, the · **What happens:** identify, mean, restore · **To what, where:** memory, close · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1297 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince forgets his wife, and she wins him back» 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/1297-pg3454-part22/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:e2:1
# text = Identify the means by which the prince's memory is restored at the close of the episode.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	episode	episode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **restore** | present · passive |  | the prince's memory |  | the close of the episode |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She matches the ring halves together, and the wood's spell lifts from his mind

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:e2:o1:1
# text = She matches the ring halves together, and the wood's spell lifts from his mind
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	matches	match	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	lifts	lift	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | present | She | the ring halves |  |  |  | together *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient |
| 2 | **lift** | present | the wood's spell |  |  | spell's mind |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent from mind=Destination |
| 3 | **spell** |  | the wood |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **mind** |  | spell |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The princess fits her half of the marriage ring to his, breaking the enchantment that the witch's daughter had placed on him through the wood's trees

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:e2:o2:1
# text = The princess fits her half of the marriage ring to his, breaking the enchantment that the witch's daughter had placed on him through the wood's trees
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	_
25	through	through	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	's	's	PART	POS	_	27	case	_	_
29	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | the princess | princess's half of the marriage ring |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | the enchantment |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchantment=Patient |
| 3 | **place** | past · perfect | the witch's daughter |  |  | the wood's trees |  | on him *= he* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on he=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The princess fits her half of the marriage ring to his, breaking the enchantment and the spell of the wood, so that he remembers everything at once

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:e2:o3:1
# text = The princess fits her half of the marriage ring to his, breaking the enchantment and the spell of the wood, so that he remembers everything at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	26	mark	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	fixed	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	remembers	remember	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
27	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	26	obj	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	26	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | the princess | princess's half of the marriage ring |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | the enchantment and the spell of the wood |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchantment=Patient |
| 3 | **remember** | present | he | everything |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
| 4 | **spell** |  |  | the wood |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The princess fits her half of the marriage ring to his, breaking the enchantment

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:e2:o4:1
# text = The princess fits her half of the marriage ring to his, breaking the enchantment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | the princess | princess's half of the marriage ring |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | the enchantment |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchantment=Patient |

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