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title: Which means did the narrative employ to restrain Little Lasse from d… — Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which means did the narrative employ to restrain Little Lasse from disembarking upon the shore? Exam question 1 of lesson 1299 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sailing the world, wakes in his boat, and Moti is robbed at an inn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 1 · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sai…

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Which means did the narrative employ to restrain Little Lasse from disembarking upon the shore?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, restrain, disembark · **To what, where:** narrative employ, Little Lasse · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1299 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sailing the world, wakes in his boat, and Moti is robbed at an inn» 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/1299-pg3454-part24/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e1:1
# text = Which means did the narrative employ to restrain Little Lasse from disembarking upon the shore?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	narrative	narrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	restrain	restrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Lasse	Lasse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	disembarking	disembark	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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 |  | the narrative employ |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |
| 3 | **restrain** | to-infinitive |  | Little Lasse |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer lasse=Eventuality |
| 4 | **disembark** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | upon the shore | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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a heavy iron chain bound tightly around his body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e1:o1:1
# text = a heavy iron chain bound tightly around his body
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle |  | a heavy iron chain *not said here* |  | his body |  | tightly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a chain of flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e1:o2:1
# text = a chain of flowers
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a string of beads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e1:o3:1
# text = a string of beads
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	beads	bead	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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thick ropes tied firmly to the anchored boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1299-pg3454-part24:e1:o4:1
# text = thick ropes tied firmly to the anchored boat
1	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	anchored	anchor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | thick ropes *not said here* |  |  |  | to the anchored boat; firmly *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to boat=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **anchor** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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