---
title: Which object does the boy send to the old man, and by what means? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object does the boy send to the old man, and by what means? Exam question 3 of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/298-pg1597-part25/e3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/298-pg1597-part25/) / e3

# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which object does the boy send to the old man, and by what means?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** send, mean · **To what, where:** old man

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 3 of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» 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/298-pg1597-part25/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e3:1
# text = Which object does the boy send to the old man, and by what means?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
15	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present · do-support | which object |  | the old man |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to man=Destination |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pewter soldier, conveyed by the errand man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e3:o1:1
# text = A pewter soldier, conveyed by the errand man
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pewter	pewter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	errand	errand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | participle |  | a pewter soldier *not said here* |  |  |  | by the errand man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pewter soldier, conveyed across the street by the errand man and his small basket

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e3:o2:1
# text = A pewter soldier, conveyed across the street by the errand man and his small basket
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pewter	pewter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	errand	errand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | participle |  | a pewter soldier *not said here* |  | the street |  | by the errand man and his small basket | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pewter soldier, given to the old man by his mother, conveyed by the errand man on Sunday morning

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e3:o3:1
# text = A pewter soldier, given to the old man by his mother, conveyed by the errand man on Sunday morning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pewter	pewter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	errand	errand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | a pewter soldier *not said here* | the old man |  |  | by man's mother | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | a pewter soldier *not said here* |  |  |  | by the errand man on Sunday morning | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wooden horse, carried by the apes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e3:o4:1
# text = A wooden horse, carried by the apes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle · passive | the apes | a wooden horse |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/298-pg1597-part25/e2/)
- next →: [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/298-pg1597-part25/e4/)
- ↑ back to [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/298-pg1597-part25/)