--- title: By what means did the stepmother conceal the boy's injury from obser… — Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, par… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the stepmother conceal the boy's injury from observers? Exam question 4 of lesson 763 «Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wife wishes for a red-and-white child, and her stepson's life turns dark» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/763-pg2591-part39/e4/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/763-pg2591-part39/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wif… By what means did the stepmother conceal the boy's injury from observers? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stepmother, boy · **What happens:** mean, conceal, injure · **To what, where:** injury, observers This is exam question 4 of lesson 763 «Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wife wishes for a red-and-white child, and her stepson's life turns dark» 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/763-pg2591-part39/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e4:1 # text = By what means did the stepmother conceal the boy's injury from observers? 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 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 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 conceal conceal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 observers observer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? 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 | **conceal** | past · do-support | the stepmother | the boy's injury | | observers | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent injury=Patient from observer=Beneficiary | | 3 | **injure** | | the boy | | | | | | nom injury «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 covering his face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e4:o1:1 # text = By covering his face 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 covering cover 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 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | gerund | | his face | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme face=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} By binding his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e4:o2:1 # text = By binding his head 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 binding bind 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 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | gerund | | his head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} By putting him in a chair and telling a lie ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e4:o3:1 # text = By putting him in a chair and telling a lie 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | gerund | | him *= he* | | a chair | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in chair=Destination | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | a lie | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} By dressing the wound ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:e4:o4:1 # text = By dressing the wound 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 dressing dress VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | gerund | | the wound | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=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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