--- title: By what means did the enchantress effect the restoration of the twen… — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the enchantress effect the restoration of the twenty-two swine? Exam question 2 of lesson 2068 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins back his men from the swine and sees the sea nymphs» 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/2068-pg976-part27/e2/) [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/) / [Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2068-pg976-part27/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins ba… By what means did the enchantress effect the restoration of the twenty-two swine? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do · **To what, where:** enchantress effect · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 2068 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins back his men from the swine and sees the sea nymphs» 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/2068-pg976-part27/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e2:1 # text = By what means did the enchantress effect the restoration of the twenty-two swine? 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 VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 enchantress enchantress NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 restoration restoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 swine swine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | the enchantress effect | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality | 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} By sprinkling herbs and chanting a long spell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e2:o1:1 # text = By sprinkling herbs and chanting a long spell 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sprinkling sprinkle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 chanting chant VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprinkle** | gerund | | herbs | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent herb=Theme | | 2 | **chant** | gerund | | a long spell | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} By striking them with a golden staff and singing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e2:o2:1 # text = By striking them with a golden staff and singing 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | with a golden staff and singing | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with staff=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} By touching them with a rod ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e2:o3:1 # text = By touching them with a rod 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | with a rod | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Experiencer with rod=Instrument | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} By waving her wand and repeating a few magic words ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e2:o4:1 # text = By waving her wand and repeating a few magic words 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 repeating repeat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | gerund | | her wand | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient | | 2 | **repeat** | gerund | | a few magic words | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality | **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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