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title: In what manner did the peasant obtain three hundred talers from the… — Grimm's Household Tales, The Old Man a… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the peasant obtain three hundred talers from the miller? Exam question 1 of lesson 751 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Old Man and His Grandson: a wooden calf, a raven and a hidden Devil» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Old Man and His Grandson: a w…

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In what manner did the peasant obtain three hundred talers from the miller?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** peasant · **What happens:** obtain · **To what, where:** hundred talers, manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 751 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Old Man and His Grandson: a wooden calf, a raven and a hidden Devil» 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/751-pg2591-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:751-pg2591-part27:e1:1
# text = In what manner did the peasant obtain three hundred talers from the miller?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	talers	taler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | past · do-support | the peasant | hundred talers |  | what manner |  | from the miller | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent taler=Theme from miller=Source |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By means of a feigned prophecy of the raven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:751-pg2591-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = By means of a feigned prophecy of the raven
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a feigned prophecy of the raven | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **feign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through a made-up warning from the bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:751-pg2591-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = Through a made-up warning from the bird
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By the means of a fake raven prophecy he made about the fifth thing in the town square

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:751-pg2591-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = By the means of a fake raven prophecy he made about the fifth thing in the town square
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  | of a fake raven prophecy | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | past | he | a fake raven prophecy *not said here* |  | the town square |  | about the fifth thing | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prophecy=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By means of a feigned prophecy of the raven and the miller's fear of the Devil

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:751-pg2591-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = By means of a feigned prophecy of the raven and the miller's fear of the Devil
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Devil	Devil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a feigned prophecy of the raven and the miller's fear of the Devil | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **feign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fear** |  | the miller | the Devil |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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