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title: By what means did the Enchanter restore King Charming to health? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird,… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Enchanter restore King Charming to health? Exam question 2 of lesson 1868 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy overhears, the bird is cut, the King is saved» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy ove…

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By what means did the Enchanter restore King Charming to health?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Enchanter · **What happens:** mean, restore · **To what, where:** Charming, health

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1868 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy overhears, the bird is cut, the King is saved» 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/1868-pg7277-part5/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:e2:1
# text = By what means did the Enchanter restore King Charming to health?
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	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:desc	_	_
9	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 | **restore** | past · do-support | the Enchanter | Charming  King | health |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent charming=Theme to health=Recipient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a bath of sweet river water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = a bath of sweet river water
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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magic herbs combined with incantations and the blood of a Fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = magic herbs combined with incantations and the blood of a Fairy
1	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	combined	combine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	incantations	incantation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **combine** | participle | magic herbs |  |  |  |  | with incantations and the blood of a Fairy | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with incantation=Co-Patient |

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

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magic herbs combined with incantations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = magic herbs combined with incantations
1	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	combined	combine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	incantations	incantation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **combine** | participle |  | magic herbs *not said here* |  |  |  | with incantations | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with incantation=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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magic herbs combined with incantations chanted over the sick bird for nine nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = magic herbs combined with incantations chanted over the sick bird for nine nights
1	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	combined	combine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	incantations	incantation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	chanted	chant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **combine** | participle |  | magic herbs *not said here* |  |  | night | with incantations | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with incantation=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **chant** | participle |  | incantations *not said here* |  |  |  | over the sick bird | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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