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title: By what means did the Master-maid transform the interior of the old… — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Master-maid transform the interior of the old woman's dwelling? Exam question 2 of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: th…

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By what means did the Master-maid transform the interior of the old woman's dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do · **To what, where:** maid transform · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» 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/1444-pg503-part31/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e2:1
# text = By what means did the Master-maid transform the interior of the old woman's dwelling?
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	9	det	_	_
6	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	transform	transform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	interior	interior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 maid transform |  |  |  |  | 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}

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By expending all her silver, which flowed out and covered the whole wood in shining light

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e2:o1:1
# text = By expending all her silver, which flowed out and covered the whole wood in shining light
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	expending	expend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	flowed	flow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
17	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expend** | gerund |  | her silver |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flow out** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **cover** | past |  | the whole wood |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wood=Destination |
| 4 | **shine** | gerund |  | light |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme |

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

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By expending gold, which overflowed and gilded the hut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e2:o2:1
# text = By expending gold, which overflowed and gilded the hut
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	expending	expend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	overflowed	overflow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gilded	gild	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expend** | gerund |  | gold |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **overflow** | past | gold |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **gild** | past |  | the hut |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent hut=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By pouring sea water over the crone so the hut shone like a mirror all round

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e2:o3:1
# text = By pouring sea water over the crone so the hut shone like a mirror all round
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crone	crone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	all	all	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | gerund |  | sea water |  |  |  | over the crone; so the hut; round *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **shine** | participle |  | the hut *not said here* |  |  |  | like a mirror | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By burning the wood to heat the iron chest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e2:o4:1
# text = By burning the wood to heat the iron chest
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	heat	heat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund |  | the wood |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |
| 2 | **heat** | to-infinitive |  | the iron chest |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chest=Patient |

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