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title: By what means did Halvor's ring come to be transferred to the cup-be… — Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Halvor's ring come to be transferred to the cup-bearer's glass? Exam question 2 of lesson 1513 «Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades his horse for magic boots, reaches the castle and wins the bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades…

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By what means did Halvor's ring come to be transferred to the cup-bearer's glass?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ring · **What happens:** mean, come, transfer · **To what, where:** glass

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1513 «Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades his horse for magic boots, reaches the castle and wins the bride» 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/1513-pg540-part10/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e2:1
# text = By what means did Halvor's ring come to be transferred to the cup-bearer's glass?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	Halvor	Halvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	transferred	transfer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 |
| 2 | **come** | past · do-support | Halvor's ring |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by what=Location |
| 3 | **transfer** | to-infinitive · passive | Halvor's ring *not said here* |  | the cup bearer's glass |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to glass=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He dropped it into the glass himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e2:o1:1
# text = He dropped it into the glass himself
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | He | it |  | the glass |  | himself *= he* *obl* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into glass=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A servant dropped it in secretly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e2:o2:1
# text = A servant dropped it in secretly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop in** | past | a servant | it |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cup-bearer took it off him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e2:o3:1
# text = The cup-bearer took it off him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | past | the cup bearer | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It fell in by chance when the bride's sister knocked the cup over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e2:o4:1
# text = It fell in by chance when the bride's sister knocked the cup over
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	over	over	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall in** | past | It |  |  |  |  | by chance | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by chance=Location |
| 2 | **knock over** | past | the bride's sister | the cup |  |  |  | over *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent cup=Patient |

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