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title: By what means did the squire's household intend to dispose of Hans,… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong H… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the squire's household intend to dispose of Hans, and at what location? Exam question 2 of lesson 1632 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o…

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By what means did the squire's household intend to dispose of Hans, and at what location?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** household · **What happens:** mean, do, intend, dispose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1632 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake» 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/1632-pg5615-part21/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e2:1
# text = By what means did the squire's household intend to dispose of Hans, and at what location?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	intend	intend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	dispose	dispose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Hans	Han	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	_
18	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **intend** | present | the squire's household |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **dispose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the squire's household *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of Hans | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=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 locking him in the old barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e2:o1:1
# text = By locking him in the old barn
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	locking	lock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the old barn |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By a mill-stone dropped upon him in the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e2:o2:1
# text = By a mill-stone dropped upon him in the well
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past |  |  |  | the well |  | by a mill stone; upon him *= he* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme by stone=Source upon he=Trajectory in well=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By drowning him in the pond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e2:o3:1
# text = By drowning him in the pond
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	drowning	drown	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the pond |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By tying him up in a sack and throwing him into the deep lake, with a heavy weight strapped to his legs as well

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e2:o4:1
# text = By tying him up in a sack and throwing him into the deep lake, with a heavy weight strapped to his legs as well
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tying	tie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
20	strapped	strap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	20	advmod	_	_
25	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	24	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | a sack |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **throw** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | into the deep lake *result*; with a heavy weight | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into lake=Result |
| 3 | **strap** | participle |  | a heavy weight *not said here* |  |  |  | to his legs | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to leg=Co-Patient |

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