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title: By what means did the black guardian of the wood announce his power… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lady of the Fo… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the black guardian of the wood announce his power over the beasts? Exam question 3 of lesson 1324 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lady of the Fountain, part 49: Kynon meets the black giant and the fountain storm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lady of the Fountain, part 49: Kyn…

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By what means did the black guardian of the wood announce his power over the beasts?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** black guardian · **What happens:** mean, do, announce · **To what, where:** black guardian, power, beasts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1324 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lady of the Fountain, part 49: Kynon meets the black giant and the fountain storm» 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/1324-pg3454-part49/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1324-pg3454-part49:e3:1
# text = By what means did the black guardian of the wood announce his power over the beasts?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	guardian	guardian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
11	announce	announce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 |  | the black guardian |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guardian=Eventuality |
| 3 | **announce** *speech: other* | infinitive | the black guardian *not said here* | his power |  | the beasts |  | of the wood | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=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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By hurling his iron club at the stag's head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1324-pg3454-part49:e3:o1:1
# text = By hurling his iron club at the stag's head
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hurling	hurl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurl** | gerund |  | his iron club |  | the stag's head |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent club=Theme at head=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By raising his iron club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1324-pg3454-part49:e3:o2:1
# text = By raising his iron club
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	raising	raise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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By blowing a horn that echoed through the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1324-pg3454-part49:e3:o3:1
# text = By blowing a horn that echoed through the wood
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	echoed	echo	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | gerund |  | a horn |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient |
| 2 | **echo** | past | a horn |  |  | the wood |  |  | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Location |

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

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By striking a stag on the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1324-pg3454-part49:e3:o4:1
# text = By striking a stag on the head
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	striking	strike	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | gerund |  | a stag |  |  |  | on the head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent stag=Instrument on head=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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