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description: In what manner did the shepherd's dog ultimately secure his own preservation? Exam question 4 of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the…

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In what manner did the shepherd's dog ultimately secure his own preservation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** do, secure, preserve · **To what, where:** manner, own preservation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» 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/729-pg2591-part5/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e4:1
# text = In what manner did the shepherd's dog ultimately secure his own preservation?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
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	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	secure	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	preservation	preservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **secure** | past | the shepherd's dog | dog's own preservation |  |  |  | ultimately *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition preservation=Theme |
| 3 | **preserve** |  | dog |  |  |  |  |  | nom preservation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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By finding the baby, chasing the wolf off, and carrying the little child safely back home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e4:o1:1
# text = By finding the baby, chasing the wolf off, and carrying the little child safely back home
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
18	home	home	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | gerund |  | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Topic |
| 2 | **chase off** | gerund |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | gerund |  | the little child |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

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

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By rescuing the child carried off by the wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e4:o2:1
# text = By rescuing the child carried off by the wolf
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rescuing	rescue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** | gerund |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 2 | **carry off** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the wolf | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By saving the little girl from the wild boar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e4:o3:1
# text = By saving the little girl from the wild boar
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | gerund |  | the little girl |  | the wild boar |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent girl=Theme from boar=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By bravely rescuing the shepherd's child that the wolf had carried away into the forest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:e4:o4:1
# text = By bravely rescuing the shepherd's child that the wolf had carried away into the forest
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	bravely	bravely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	rescuing	rescue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** | gerund |  | the shepherd's child |  |  |  | bravely *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 2 | **carry away** | past · perfect · passive |  | the wolf |  | the forest |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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