--- title: By what means was the ogress Blauvor brought to justice? — Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means was the ogress Blauvor brought to justice? Exam question 3 of lesson 699 «Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer confesses, Blauvor is beheaded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/699-pg2435-part39/e3/) [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/) / [Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/699-pg2435-part39/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer… By what means was the ogress Blauvor brought to justice? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ogress · **What happens:** mean, be, bring · **To what, where:** ogress, justice This is exam question 3 of lesson 699 «Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer confesses, Blauvor is beheaded» 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/699-pg2435-part39/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e3:1 # text = By what means was the ogress Blauvor brought to justice? 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ogress ogress NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Blauvor Blauvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **is a** | past | | the ogress | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past | the ogress | | | justice | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to justice=Destination | 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 {#o1} she was drowned in the harbour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e3:o1:1 # text = she was drowned in the harbour 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | past · passive | | she | | the harbour | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} she was thrown from the highest tower of the castle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e3:o2:1 # text = she was thrown from the highest tower of the castle 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past · passive | | she | | the highest tower of the castle | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from tower=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} she was burned on a pyre in the palace yard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e3:o3:1 # text = she was burned on a pyre in the palace yard 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pyre pyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | past · passive | | she | | a pyre | | in the palace yard | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} she was beheaded in the market-place ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e3:o4:1 # text = she was beheaded in the market-place 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 beheaded behead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behead** | past · passive | | she | | the market place | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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. 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