--- title: By what means did the youth obtain the herdsman's youngest daughter… — Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the youth obtain the herdsman's youngest daughter in marriage? Exam question 3 of lesson 704 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsman: he loses the king's golden ox, dodges the scythes, and wins a bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/704-pg2435-part44/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/) / [Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/704-pg2435-part44/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsm… By what means did the youth obtain the herdsman's youngest daughter in marriage? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** mean, do, obtain · **To what, where:** youngest daughter, marriage This is exam question 3 of lesson 704 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsman: he loses the king's golden ox, dodges the scythes, and wins a bride» 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/704-pg2435-part44/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e3:1 # text = By what means did the youth obtain the herdsman's youngest daughter in marriage? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 youth youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 obtain obtain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 herdsman herdsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **obtain** | present | the youth | the herdsman's youngest daughter | | marriage | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset daughter=Theme | 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} by begging his master for her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e3:o1:1 # text = by begging his master for her 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | | his master | | | | for her *= she* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent master=Recipient for she=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} by threatening his master with a drawn sword ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e3:o2:1 # text = by threatening his master with a drawn sword 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 threatening threaten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | gerund | | his master | | | | with a drawn sword | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus master=Experiencer | | 2 | **draw** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} by threatening his master ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e3:o3:1 # text = by threatening his master 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 threatening threaten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | gerund | | his master | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus master=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} by offering his master a fine gold ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e3:o4:1 # text = by offering his master a fine gold ring 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | gerund | | his master | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent master=Goal ring=Theme | **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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