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title: In what manner did the Prince restore the maiden to human form? — Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the Prince restore the maiden to human form? Exam question 1 of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince a…

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In what manner did the Prince restore the maiden to human form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** restore · **To what, where:** maiden, human form, manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» 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/1456-pg503-part43/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e1:1
# text = In what manner did the Prince restore the maiden to human form?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | past · do-support | the Prince | the maiden | human form | what manner |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme to form=Recipient |

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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 saying the words by the oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e1:o1:1
# text = By saying the words by the oak
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the words |  |  |  | by the oak | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By reciting the incantation beside the mountain ash and the large stone at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e1:o2:1
# text = By reciting the incantation beside the mountain ash and the large stone at dawn
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reciting	recite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	incantation	incantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | gerund |  | the incantation |  | the mountain ash and the large stone | dawn |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incantation=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By reciting the incantation beside the mountain ash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e1:o3:1
# text = By reciting the incantation beside the mountain ash
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reciting	recite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	incantation	incantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | gerund |  | the incantation |  | the mountain ash |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incantation=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By chanting a spell near the willow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e1:o4:1
# text = By chanting a spell near the willow
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	chanting	chant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chant** | gerund |  | a spell |  | the willow |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Topic |

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