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title: By what means did the prince ultimately effect his return to the ear… — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the prince ultimately effect his return to the earth? Exam question 3 of lesson 222 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince flies away and lands in a princess's palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince fli…

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By what means did the prince ultimately effect his return to the earth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** mean, do, return · **To what, where:** prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 222 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince flies away and lands in a princess's palace» 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/222-pg128-part62/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e3:1
# text = By what means did the prince ultimately effect his return to the earth?
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	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 3 | **return** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | to the earth | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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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By turning the screw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e3:o1:1
# text = By turning the screw
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	screw	screw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | the screw |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent screw=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By pressing a button on the horse's neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e3:o2:1
# text = By pressing a button on the horse's neck
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | gerund |  | a button |  | the horse's neck |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By lowering the wooden wings slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e3:o3:1
# text = By lowering the wooden wings slowly
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lowering	lower	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower** | gerund |  | the wooden wings |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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By turning a small peg near the right ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e3:o4:1
# text = By turning a small peg near the right ear
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	peg	peg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | a small peg |  | the right ear |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent peg=Theme |

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