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title: In the narrative, through which agency does the protagonist effect h… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer W… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the narrative, through which agency does the protagonist effect his escape from the household of Farmer Weatherbeard? Exam question 1 of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» of the books course 
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# Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…

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In the narrative, through which agency does the protagonist effect his escape from the household of Farmer Weatherbeard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** agency · **What happens:** do, escape · **To what, where:** protagonist effect, narrative

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» 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/1570-pg540-part67/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e1:1
# text = In the narrative, through which agency does the protagonist effect his escape from the household of Farmer Weatherbeard?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	Weatherbeard	Weatherbeard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which agency | the protagonist effect |  | the narrative |  | from the household of Farmer | tree rules |
| 2 | **escape** |  | agency |  |  |  |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 magic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e1:o1:1
# text = By magic
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Through the help of the farmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e1:o2:1
# text = Through the help of the farmer
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** |  |  | the farmer |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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By the assistance of the Eagle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e1:o3:1
# text = By the assistance of the Eagle
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assist** |  |  | the Eagle |  |  |  |  | nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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By the eagle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e1:o4:1
# text = By the eagle
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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