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title: By what means did the dog conceal the infant prince from the King's… — Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the dog conceal the infant prince from the King's servants? Exam question 3 of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 3 · Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden…

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By what means did the dog conceal the infant prince from the King's servants?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** mean, conceal · **To what, where:** infant prince, servants

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» 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/1844-pg7128-part28/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e3:1
# text = By what means did the dog conceal the infant prince from the King's servants?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	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=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 |
| 2 | **conceal** | past · do-support | the dog | the infant prince |  | the King's servants |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent prince=Patient from servant=Beneficiary |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By swallowing him into his stomach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e3:o1:1
# text = By swallowing him into his stomach
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swallowing	swallow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | his stomach |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By carrying him deep into the forest and burying him beneath the roots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e3:o2:1
# text = By carrying him deep into the forest and burying him beneath the roots
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	burying	bury	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the forest |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **bury** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the roots |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme beneath root=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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By wrapping him in fur and hiding him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e3:o3:1
# text = By wrapping him in fur and hiding him
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wrapping	wrap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | fur |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in fur=Destination |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By swallowing him whole and keeping him inside for a long time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e3:o4:1
# text = By swallowing him whole and keeping him inside for a long time
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swallowing	swallow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  | time | inside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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