--- title: By what means was the youngest son restored to the riverbank? — Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothe… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means was the youngest son restored to the riverbank? Exam question 3 of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/726-pg2591-part2/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/) / [Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/726-pg2591-part2/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,… By what means was the youngest son restored to the riverbank? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, be, restore · **To what, where:** youngest son, riverbank This is exam question 3 of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» 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/726-pg2591-part2/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e3:1 # text = By what means was the youngest son restored to the riverbank? 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 riverbank riverbank NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 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 youngest son | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **restore** | participle | | the youngest son *not said here* | the riverbank | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to riverbank=Recipient | 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} Swimming ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e3:o1:1 # text = Swimming 1 Swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} By rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e3:o2:1 # text = By rope 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By gripping the fox's tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e3:o3:1 # text = By gripping the fox's tail 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 gripping grip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grip** | gerund | | the fox's tail | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} By grabbing the bird's wing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e3:o4:1 # text = By grabbing the bird's wing 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 grabbing grab VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | gerund | | the bird's wing | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=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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