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title: By what means did the youth restore his injured limbs after the eagl… — Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a sch… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the youth restore his injured limbs after the eagle had been dispatched? Exam question 2 of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with l…

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By what means did the youth restore his injured limbs after the eagle had been dispatched?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** mean, do, restore, dispatch · **To what, where:** injured limbs, eagle

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» 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/1704-pg640-part28/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:e2:1
# text = By what means did the youth restore his injured limbs after the eagle had been dispatched?
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	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	restore	restore	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	injured	injured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **restore** | present | the youth | his injured limbs |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent limb=Theme |
| 4 | **dispatch** | past · perfect · passive |  | the eagle |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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 cut in the eagle's feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = By wrapping the cut in the eagle's feathers
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	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | gerund |  | the cut |  | the eagle's feathers |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cut=Theme in feather=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By applying the peel of one of the golden apples to the wound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = By applying the peel of one of the golden apples to the wound
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	applying	apply	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	peel	peel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | gerund |  | the peel of one of the golden apples |  |  |  | to the wound | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peel=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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By pressing a cloth to the wound and waiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = By pressing a cloth to the wound and waiting
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | gerund |  | a cloth |  |  |  | to the wound and waiting | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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With golden peel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = With golden peel
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	peel	peel	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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