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title: In what manner did the sea-king propel the old woman back to her isl… — Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Wor… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the sea-king propel the old woman back to her island? Exam question 1 of lesson 1315 «Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Worm, part 1: two girls save a worm, get lost in a burnt wood, and are fed by magic» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 1 · Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Worm, part 1: two girls…

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In what manner did the sea-king propel the old woman back to her island?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sea king · **What happens:** propel · **To what, where:** old woman

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1315 «Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Worm, part 1: two girls save a worm, get lost in a burnt wood, and are fed by magic» 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/1315-pg3454-part40/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1315-pg3454-part40:e1:1
# text = In what manner did the sea-king propel the old woman back to her island?
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	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	propel	propel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propel** | past · do-support | the sea king | the old woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
By playing the fiddle with a quick tune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1315-pg3454-part40:e1:o1:1
# text = By playing the fiddle with a quick tune
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | the fiddle |  |  |  | with a quick tune | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent fiddle=Theme with tune=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By blowing upon the fiddle with a forceful puff and a long shout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1315-pg3454-part40:e1:o2:1
# text = By blowing upon the fiddle with a forceful puff and a long shout
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	forceful	forceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	puff	puff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | upon the fiddle; with a forceful puff and a long shout | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with puff=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By sending a sudden gust of wind from the sea upon the boat, which carried her home at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1315-pg3454-part40:e1:o3:1
# text = By sending a sudden gust of wind from the sea upon the boat, which carried her home at once
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gust	gust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | a sudden gust of wind |  | the sea |  | upon the boat | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent gust=Theme from sea=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **carry** | past | the boat | her home |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By blowing upon the fiddle with a forceful puff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1315-pg3454-part40:e1:o4:1
# text = By blowing upon the fiddle with a forceful puff
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	forceful	forceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	puff	puff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | upon the fiddle; with a forceful puff | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with puff=Theme |

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