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title: By what means did the gazelle transport the garments to the palace? — Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the gazelle transport the garments to the palace? Exam question 4 of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sul…

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By what means did the gazelle transport the garments to the palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, transport · **To what, where:** gazelle, garments, palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» 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/1772-pg641-part23/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e4:1
# text = By what means did the gazelle transport the garments to the palace?
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	7	advcl	_	_
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	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	transport	transport	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 gazelle |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gazelle=Eventuality |
| 3 | **transport** | present |  | the garments |  | the palace |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent garment=Theme to palace=Destination |

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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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Strapped to the saddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e4:o1:1
# text = Strapped to the saddle
1	Strapped	strap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strap** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the saddle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to saddle=Co-Patient |

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

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Fastened upon the horse's rear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e4:o2:1
# text = Fastened upon the horse's rear
1	Fastened	fasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	rear	rear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fasten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | upon the horse's rear | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On the horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e4:o3:1
# text = On the horse
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fastened upon the horse's rear by a long rope of woven grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:e4:o4:1
# text = Fastened upon the horse's rear by a long rope of woven grass
1	Fastened	fasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	rear	rear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fasten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | upon the horse's rear; by a long rope of woven grass | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **weave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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