---
title: By what agency did Hermod achieve the release of the hall from the t… — Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod:… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what agency did Hermod achieve the release of the hall from the two creatures? Exam question 2 of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1746-pg640-part70/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1746-pg640-part70/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By what agency did Hermod achieve the release of the hall from the two creatures?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hermod · **What happens:** achieve · **To what, where:** release, two creatures

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» 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/1746-pg640-part70/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e2:1
# text = By what agency did Hermod achieve the release of the hall from the two creatures?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Hermod	Hermod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	achieve	achieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **achieve** | past · do-support | Hermod | the release of the hall |  | the two creatures |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By burning them in the great fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e2:o1:1
# text = By burning them in the great fire
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|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	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | the great fire |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By cutting them in two with his sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e2:o2:1
# text = By cutting them in two with his sword
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | two |  | with his sword | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with sword=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By cutting them in two with a magic sword given to him by the Witch of the island

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e2:o3:1
# text = By cutting them in two with a magic sword given to him by the Witch of the island
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | two |  | with a magic sword | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with sword=Instrument |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | a magic sword *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | by the Witch of the island | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By cutting them in two with his sword and burning the pieces in the fire

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e2:o4:1
# text = By cutting them in two with his sword and burning the pieces in the fire
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | two |  | with his sword | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with sword=Instrument |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  | the pieces |  | the fire |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod:…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1746-pg640-part70/e1/)
- next →: [Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod:…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1746-pg640-part70/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1746-pg640-part70/)