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title: By what means did the Hunter effect his transport to the granite mou… — Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Hunter effect his transport to the granite mountain? Exam question 1 of lesson 1688 «Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the faithless trio with magic cabbage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the…

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By what means did the Hunter effect his transport to the granite mountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do · **To what, where:** Hunter effect · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1688 «Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the faithless trio with magic cabbage» 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/1688-pg640-part12/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e1:1
# text = By what means did the Hunter effect his transport to the granite mountain?
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	7	det	_	_
6	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	transport	transport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 Hunter effect |  |  |  | to the granite mountain | tree rules |

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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 wrapping the maiden in his cloak and then wishing hard for the cloud to carry them both up the mountain

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e1:o1:1
# text = By wrapping the maiden in his cloak and then wishing hard for the cloud to carry them both up the mountain
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wrapping	wrap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	both	both	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | gerund |  | the maiden |  | his cloak |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme in cloak=Destination |
| 2 | **wish** | gerund |  |  |  |  | then | for the cloud; hard *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for cloud=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | up the mountain; both *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By holding the maiden tight and running downhill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e1:o2:1
# text = By holding the maiden tight and running downhill
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	downhill	downhill	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | downhill *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By wrapping the maiden in his cloak and wishing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e1:o3:1
# text = By wrapping the maiden in his cloak and wishing
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wrapping	wrap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wishing	wishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | gerund |  | the maiden |  | his cloak and wishing |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme in cloak=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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By climbing the mountain on foot while carrying the maiden tightly wrapped in a heavy woolen blanket

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1688-pg640-part12:e1:o4:1
# text = By climbing the mountain on foot while carrying the maiden tightly wrapped in a heavy woolen blanket
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
11	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	woolen	woolen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  | the mountain |  | foot |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mountain=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund |  | the maiden |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme |
| 3 | **wrap** | participle |  |  |  | a heavy woolen blanket |  | tightly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in blanket=Destination |

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**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.

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