---
title: Which injury did Elfin sustain in the course of confining the dragon… — pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which injury did Elfin sustain in the course of confining the dragon, and to what degree? Exam question 2 of lesson 656 «pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/656-pg23661-part24/e2/)

<!-- 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/) / [pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/656-pg23661-part24/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trap…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which injury did Elfin sustain in the course of confining the dragon, and to what degree?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** injury, course · **What happens:** sustain, confine · **To what, where:** course, dragon

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 656 «pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt» 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/656-pg23661-part24/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:e2:1
# text = Which injury did Elfin sustain in the course of confining the dragon, and to what degree?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Elfin	Elfin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sustain	sustain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	confining	confine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	17	det	_	_
17	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | past · do-support | which injury |  |  | the course |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **confine** | gerund | the course *not said here* | the dragon |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme |

<!-- .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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sore hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:e2:o1:1
# text = a sore hand
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
burns that destroyed both of his hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:e2:o2:1
# text = burns that destroyed both of his hands
1	burns	burn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	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	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | past | burns | both |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
burnt hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:e2:o3:1
# text = burnt hands
1	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
burns to his face and arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:e2:o4:1
# text = burns to his face and arms
1	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to his face and arms | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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: [pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/656-pg23661-part24/e1/)
- next →: [pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/656-pg23661-part24/e3/)
- ↑ back to [pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/656-pg23661-part24/)