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title: By what means did Peter induce the woodpecker to drop the magic root? — Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Peter induce the woodpecker to drop the magic root? Exam question 1 of lesson 687 «Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the ma…

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By what means did Peter induce the woodpecker to drop the magic root?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** mean, induce, drop · **To what, where:** woodpecker, magic root

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 687 «Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor» 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/687-pg2435-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e1:1
# text = By what means did Peter induce the woodpecker to drop the magic root?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	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	6	aux	_	_
5	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	induce	induce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woodpecker	woodpecker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **induce** | past · do-support | Peter | the woodpecker |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woodpecker=Patient |
| 3 | **drop** | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* | the magic root |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Theme |

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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 displaying the hangman's scarlet cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = by displaying the hangman's scarlet cloak
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	displaying	display	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hangman	hangman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	scarlet	scarlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | gerund |  | the hangman's scarlet cloak |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by waving the hangman's scarlet cloak in front of the nest and shouting loudly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = by waving the hangman's scarlet cloak in front of the nest and shouting loudly
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hangman	hangman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	scarlet	scarlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
15	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | the hangman's scarlet cloak |  |  |  | in front of the nest | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Patient in front=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by shaking a bag of nuts at her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = by shaking a bag of nuts at her
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund |  | a bag of nuts |  |  |  | at her *= she* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bag=Theme at she=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by hanging a bell from the branch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = by hanging a bell from the branch
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund |  | a bell |  | the branch |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Patient |

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