--- title: By what means did the cobbler come to possess the medicaments employ… — English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads o… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the cobbler come to possess the medicaments employed in the cure? Exam question 3 of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1976-pg7439-part35/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1976-pg7439-part35/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude g… By what means did the cobbler come to possess the medicaments employed in the cure? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cobbler, medicaments · **What happens:** mean, come, possess, employ · **To what, where:** cure This is exam question 3 of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» 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/1976-pg7439-part35/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e3:1 # text = By what means did the cobbler come to possess the medicaments employed in the cure? 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 cobbler cobbler NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 medicaments medicament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 employed employ VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **come** | past · do-support | the cobbler | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **possess** | to-infinitive | the cobbler *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **employ** | past | the medicaments | | | the cure | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} a gift from an aged hermit who lived beside the king's road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e3:o1:1 # text = a gift from an aged hermit who lived beside the king's road 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 beside beside ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | a aged hermit | | | the king's road | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside road=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he bought them from a travelling peddler at the fair in town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e3:o2:1 # text = he bought them from a travelling peddler at the fair in town 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 travelling travelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 peddler peddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | he | them *= they* | | the fair in town | | from a travelling peddler | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme from peddler=Source at fair=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} a present from an old monk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e3:o3:1 # text = a present from an old monk 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a gift from an aged hermit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e3:o4:1 # text = a gift from an aged hermit 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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