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title: By what means was the prince transformed into a dove? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means was the prince transformed into a dove? Exam question 2 of lesson 769 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, part 45: Lily trades her golden dress for one night, but the prince sleeps through it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, part 45: Lily trad…

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By what means was the prince transformed into a dove?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, be, transform · **To what, where:** prince, dove

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 769 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, part 45: Lily trades her golden dress for one night, but the prince sleeps through it» 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/769-pg2591-part45/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e2:1
# text = By what means was the prince transformed into a dove?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
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	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **transform** | participle |  | the prince *not said here* |  |  |  | into a dove *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dove=Result |

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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 {#o1}

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a beam of moonlight over the bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e2:o1:1
# text = a beam of moonlight over the bed
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beam** |  |  | moonlight |  | the bed |  |  | nom beam «communication transitive»: of=patient over=place |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a ray of light falling upon him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e2:o2:1
# text = a ray of light falling upon him
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund | a ray of light *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon him *= he* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon he=Location |
| 2 | **ray** |  |  | light |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a curse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e2:o3:1
# text = a curse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e2:o4:1
# text = a spell
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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