--- title: By what means did the grandmother's remedies restore the husband and… — Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flowe… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the grandmother's remedies restore the husband and son to life after the Fiend's malice? Exam question 3 of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/413-pg22373-part5/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/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flowe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/413-pg22373-part5/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden By what means did the grandmother's remedies restore the husband and son to life after the Fiend's malice? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** remedies, grandmother · **What happens:** mean, do, restore, remedy · **To what, where:** husband, life This is exam question 3 of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» 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/413-pg22373-part5/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e3:1 # text = By what means did the grandmother's remedies restore the husband and son to life after the Fiend's malice? 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 6 det _ _ 6 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 remedies remedy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 restore restore VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Fiend Fiend PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 malice malice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? 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 | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **restore** | present | the grandmother's remedies | the husband and son | life | | after the Fiend's malice | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Theme to life=Recipient | | 4 | **remedy** | | the grandmother | | | | | | nom remedy «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} sprinkling with the water of life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e3:o1:1 # text = sprinkling with the water of life 1 sprinkling sprinkle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprinkle** | gerund | | | | | | with the water of life | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with water=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} by holy water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e3:o2:1 # text = by holy water 1 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} by rubbing them with oil and warm wine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e3:o3:1 # text = by rubbing them with oil and warm wine 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 rubbing rub 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 _ 5 case _ _ 5 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | with oil and warm wine | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with oil=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} with a herb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e3:o4:1 # text = with a herb 1 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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