--- title: By what means did the youth ensure the dwarf's safe passage across t… — Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the y… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the youth ensure the dwarf's safe passage across the stream? Exam question 3 of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1940-pg7277-part77/e3/) [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/) / [Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the y…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1940-pg7277-part77/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleep… By what means did the youth ensure the dwarf's safe passage across the stream? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** youth, dwarf · **What happens:** mean, do, ensure, pass · **To what, where:** stream This is exam question 3 of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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/1940-pg7277-part77/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e3:1 # text = By what means did the youth ensure the dwarf's safe passage across the stream? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 youth youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ensure ensure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 13 across across ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ensure** | present | the youth | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | | 4 | **pass** | | the dwarf | | | the stream | | | nom passage «act intransitive»: poss=agent across=place | 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} He compelled the dwarf to part the waters with the wand, threatening to leave him stranded on the far side of the river forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e3:o1:1 # text = He compelled the dwarf to part the waters with the wand, threatening to leave him stranded on the far side of the river forever 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 compelled compel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 threatening threaten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 stranded strand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 forever forever ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compel** | past | He | the dwarf | | | | with the wand; the waters *obl:unmarked* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Patient | | 2 | **threaten** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | dwarf | | | | forever *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **strand** | participle | dwarf *not said here* | | | the far side of the river | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He forced the dwarf to open up the river with a magic rod ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e3:o2:1 # text = He forced the dwarf to open up the river with a magic rod 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forced force VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force** | past | He | the dwarf | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent dwarf=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **open up** | to-infinitive | the dwarf *not said here* | the river | | | | with a magic rod | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent river=Patient with rod=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} He compelled the dwarf to part the waters with the wand while the youth held the flute and the Princess watched from the bank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e3:o3:1 # text = He compelled the dwarf to part the waters with the wand while the youth held the flute and the Princess watched from the bank 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 compelled compel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 while while SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compel** | past | He | the dwarf | | | | with the wand; the waters *obl:unmarked* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Patient | | 2 | **hold** | past | the youth | the flute | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flute=Theme | | 3 | **watch** | past | the Princess | | | the bank | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He compelled the dwarf to part the waters with the wand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:e3:o4:1 # text = He compelled the dwarf to part the waters with the wand 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 compelled compel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compel** | past | He | the dwarf | | | | with the wand; 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