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description: By what means does the Moujik's harvest become abundant enough to fill his new barns? Exam question 3 of lesson 484 «Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field, a sale, and two candles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 3 · Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By what means does the Moujik's harvest become abundant enough to fill his new barns?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** harvest · **What happens:** mean, become, fill · **To what, where:** new barns

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 484 «Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field, a sale, and two candles» 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/484-pg22373-part76/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:e3:1
# text = By what means does the Moujik's harvest become abundant enough to fill his new barns?
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	9	advcl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	abundant	abundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	barns	barn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 |
| 2 | **become** | present · do-support | the Moujik's harvest |  |  |  |  | abundant *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fill** | to-infinitive | the Moujik's harvest *not said here* | harvest's new barns |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent barn=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By threshing sheaves singly, each yielding a peck of grain.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:e3:o1:1
# text = By threshing sheaves singly, each yielding a peck of grain.
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	threshing	thresh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
3	sheaves	sheaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	singly	singly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
7	yielding	yield	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	peck	peck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thresh** | gerund | each *not said here* | sheaves |  |  |  | singly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **yield** | gerund | each | a peck of grain |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent peck=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By sowing the field with extra seed in the autumn.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:e3:o2:1
# text = By sowing the field with extra seed in the autumn.
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sowing	sow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sow** | gerund |  | the field |  |  |  | with extra seed in the autumn | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent field=Destination with seed=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By buying more grain from the Priest's stores.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:e3:o3:1
# text = By buying more grain from the Priest's stores.
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Priest	Priest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	stores	store	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | more grain |  | the Priest's stores |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent grain=Theme from store=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By selling the corn early.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:e3:o4:1
# text = By selling the corn early.
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund |  | the corn |  |  |  | early *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Theme |

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**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.

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