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title: By what means did the youth, upon awakening, recover his human form… — Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the yo… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the youth, upon awakening, recover his human form in accordance with the troll's stipulation? Exam question 1 of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…

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By what means did the youth, upon awakening, recover his human form in accordance with the troll's stipulation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** his, troll · **What happens:** mean, do, awaken, recover, form, stipulate · **To what, where:** youth, human form, accordance · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» 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/1656-pg5615-part45/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e1:1
# text = By what means did the youth, upon awakening, recover his human form in accordance with the troll's stipulation?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	awakening	awaken	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	recover	recover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	stipulation	stipulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the youth |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Eventuality |
| 3 | **awaken** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **recover** | infinitive |  | his human form |  | accordance |  | with the troll's stipulation | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 5 | **form** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **stipulate** |  | the troll |  |  |  |  |  | nom stipulation «communication transitive»: 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 recalling the troll's words, speaking them aloud, and then bathing in the lake

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e1:o1:1
# text = By recalling the troll's words, speaking them aloud, and then bathing in the lake
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	recalling	recall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	bathing	bath	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recall** | gerund |  | the troll's words |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | words *= word* |  |  |  | aloud *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bath** | gerund |  |  |  | the lake | then |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **word** |  | the troll |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By recalling the troll's words, speaking them aloud, and then bathing in the lake at dawn

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e1:o2:1
# text = By recalling the troll's words, speaking them aloud, and then bathing in the lake at dawn
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	recalling	recall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	bathing	bath	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recall** | gerund |  | the troll's words |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | words *= word* |  |  |  | aloud *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bath** | gerund |  |  |  | the lake | then; dawn |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **word** |  | the troll |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By walking to the palace and asking the king for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e1:o3:1
# text = By walking to the palace and asking the king for help
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the palace *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to palace=Result |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | the king |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By recalling the troll's words and speaking them aloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e1:o4:1
# text = By recalling the troll's words and speaking them aloud
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	recalling	recall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recall** | gerund |  | the troll's words |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | words *= word* |  |  |  | aloud *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **word** |  | the troll |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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