--- title: By what means did the old washerwoman's presence manifest itself to… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the old washerwoman's presence manifest itself to Tuk? Exam question 2 of lesson 307 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of Danish towns and falls asleep» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/307-pg1597-part34/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/307-pg1597-part34/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of… By what means did the old washerwoman's presence manifest itself to Tuk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do · **To what, where:** presence manifest, Tuk This is exam question 2 of lesson 307 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of Danish towns and falls asleep» 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/307-pg1597-part34/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e2:1 # text = By what means did the old washerwoman's presence manifest itself to Tuk? 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 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 washerwoman washerwoman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 manifest manifest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 11 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Tuk Tuk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? 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 | | the old washerwoman's presence manifest manifest | Tuk | | | | tree rules | 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} Through a wet kiss upon his cheek and forehead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e2:o1:1 # text = Through a wet kiss upon his cheek and forehead 1 Through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Through a sensation of a kiss upon the eyes and mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e2:o2:1 # text = Through a sensation of a kiss upon the eyes and mouth 1 Through through ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sensation sensation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sense** | | | a kiss upon the eyes and mouth | | | | | nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} By the sound of a croaking voice in the dark room ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e2:o3:1 # text = By the sound of a croaking voice in the dark room 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 croaking croaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Through a warm and sudden sensation of lips pressed upon both the eyes and the mouth of the sleeping boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e2:o4:1 # text = Through a warm and sudden sensation of lips pressed upon both the eyes and the mouth of the sleeping boy 1 Through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 sensation sensation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 obl _ _ 11 both both CCONJ CC _ 13 cc:preconj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | participle | | lips both the eyes *not said here* | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sense** | | | lips both the eyes | | | | | nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient | **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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