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title: By what means did the princess convey provisions to the captive? — Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Boy Who Kep… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the princess convey provisions to the captive? Exam question 3 of lesson 671 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Boy Who Kept His Secret, part 11: walled up in a tower, fed in secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 3 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Boy Who Kept His Secret, part 1…

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By what means did the princess convey provisions to the captive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** mean, convey · **To what, where:** provisions, captive

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 671 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Boy Who Kept His Secret, part 11: walled up in a tower, fed in secret» 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/671-pg2435-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:671-pg2435-part11:e3:1
# text = By what means did the princess convey provisions to the captive?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	captive	captive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **convey** | past · do-support | the princess | provisions | the captive |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent provision=Topic to captive=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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Hidden within barrels of wine that were rolled into the tower every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:671-pg2435-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = Hidden within barrels of wine that were rolled into the tower every night
1	Hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	within	within	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | past · passive |  | wine |  | the tower | night |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into tower=Trajectory |

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

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Through an aperture bored in the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:671-pg2435-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = Through an aperture bored in the wall
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	aperture	aperture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bored	bore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bore** | participle |  | a aperture *not said here* |  | the wall |  |  | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wall=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lowered each morning in a basket from the high tower roof by her maid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:671-pg2435-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = Lowered each morning in a basket from the high tower roof by her maid
1	Lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower** | participle |  |  |  | a basket from the high tower roof | morning | by her maid | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent in basket=Destination by maid=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Across the courtyard by a hidden servant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:671-pg2435-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = Across the courtyard by a hidden servant
1	Across	across	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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