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title: Which measure did the kinsman employ to restrain the transformed bro… — Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which measure did the kinsman employ to restrain the transformed brother? Exam question 3 of lesson 586 «Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of witch-stirrups and a witch who loses his skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of…

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Which measure did the kinsman employ to restrain the transformed brother?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kinsman · **What happens:** measure, employ, restrain, transform · **To what, where:** transformed brother

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 586 «Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of witch-stirrups and a witch who loses his skin» 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/586-pg2306-part22/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e3:1
# text = Which measure did the kinsman employ to restrain the transformed brother?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	measure	measure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kinsman	kinsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	restrain	restrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **employ** | past · do-support | the kinsman |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **restrain** | to-infinitive | the kinsman *not said here* | the transformed brother |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer brother=Eventuality |
| 4 | **transform** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=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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Turning the hide inside out and salting it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e3:o1:1
# text = Turning the hide inside out and salting it
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	salting	salt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | the hide |  |  |  | inside, out *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hide=Theme |
| 2 | **salt** | gerund |  | hide |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wrapping him in a wet blanket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e3:o2:1
# text = Wrapping him in a wet blanket
1	Wrapping	wrap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | a wet blanket |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in blanket=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Burning the hide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e3:o3:1
# text = Burning the hide
1	Burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund |  | the hide |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hide=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hanging the hide on a fence post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e3:o4:1
# text = Hanging the hide on a fence post
1	Hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund |  | the hide |  | a fence post |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hide=Theme on post=Destination |

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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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