--- title: By what means did the youngest son ultimately secure the hand of the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the youngest son ultimately secure the hand of the Princess? Exam question 2 of lesson 1748 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Princess with a crow, a shoe and mud» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1748-pg640-part72/e2/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1748-pg640-part72/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Prince… By what means did the youngest son ultimately secure the hand of the Princess? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, secure · **To what, where:** hand This is exam question 2 of lesson 1748 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Princess with a crow, a shoe and mud» 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/1748-pg640-part72/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e2:1 # text = By what means did the youngest son ultimately secure the hand of the Princess? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 secure secure VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **secure** | past · do-support | | the hand of the Princess | | | | ultimately *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition hand=Theme | 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} by throwing mud at her father in front of the whole hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e2:o1:1 # text = by throwing mud at her father in front of the whole hall 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | gerund | | mud | | front of the whole hall | | at her father | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mud=Theme at father=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} by answering her remarks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e2:o2:1 # text = by answering her remarks 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 answering answer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | | her remarks | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent remark=Eventuality | | 2 | **remark** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} by bringing her a gift ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e2:o3:1 # text = by bringing her a gift 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | gerund | | a gift | her *= she* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination gift=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} by answering her remarks with wit and a bold speech at court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e2:o4:1 # text = by answering her remarks with wit and a bold speech at court 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 answering answer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | | her remarks | | | | with wit and a bold speech at court | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent remark=Eventuality | | 2 | **remark** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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