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title: By what means did the old fairy achieve dominion over the wizard Wea… — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the old fairy achieve dominion over the wizard Weatherbold, as recorded in the narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 1792 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose finds the magic herb for the pasty» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 4 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose f…

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By what means did the old fairy achieve dominion over the wizard Weatherbold, as recorded in the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old fairy · **What happens:** mean, achieve, record · **To what, where:** dominion, narrative · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1792 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose finds the magic herb for the pasty» 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/1792-pg641-part43/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e4:1
# text = By what means did the old fairy achieve dominion over the wizard Weatherbold, as recorded in the narrative?
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	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	achieve	achieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	dominion	dominion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	Weatherbold	Weatherbold	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 | **achieve** | past · do-support | the old fairy | dominion |  |  |  | over the wizard | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Eventuality |
| 3 | **record** | participle | the old fairy *not said here* |  |  | the narrative |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=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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by magic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e4:o1:1
# text = by magic
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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by force

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e4:o2:1
# text = by force
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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by cunning and treachery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e4:o3:1
# text = by cunning and treachery
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	treachery	treachery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by a bloody battle at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e4:o4:1
# text = by a bloody battle at sea
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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