---
title: In what manner did the youngest son obtain the instrument by which h… — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the youngest son obtain the instrument by which he subdued the beasts? Exam question 1 of lesson 1503 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1503-pg503-part90/e1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1503-pg503-part90/) / e1

# Exam question 1 · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In what manner did the youngest son obtain the instrument by which he subdued the beasts?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** youngest son, son · **What happens:** obtain, subdue · **To what, where:** instrument, manner, beasts

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1503 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter» 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/1503-pg503-part90/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e1:1
# text = In what manner did the youngest son obtain the instrument by which he subdued the beasts?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	subdued	subdue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | past · do-support | the youngest son | the instrument |  | what manner |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme |
| 2 | **subdue** | past | son | the beasts |  |  |  | by the instrument | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was given a wand by the old raven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e1:o1:1
# text = He was given a wand by the old raven
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive | the old raven | He |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient wand=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He stole a sceptre from the Etin's hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e1:o2:1
# text = He stole a sceptre from the Etin's hall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Etin	Etin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | He | a sceptre |  | the Etin's hall |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sceptre=Theme from hall=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wand fae fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e1:o3:1
# text = A wand fae fairy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fae	fae	X	FW	_	4	compound	_	_
4	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He received a magical wand from the fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e1:o4:1
# text = He received a magical wand from the fairy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | He | a magical wand |  |  |  | from the fairy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wand=Theme from fairy=Source |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, pa…, test 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1503-pg503-part90/t13/)
- next →: [Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, pa…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1503-pg503-part90/e2/)
- ↑ back to [Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1503-pg503-part90/)