--- title: By what means did the spectre restore the soul of the woman? — Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the se… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the spectre restore the soul of the woman? Exam question 2 of lesson 795 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/795-pg27200-part6/e2/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the se…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/795-pg27200-part6/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back… By what means did the spectre restore the soul of the woman? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spectre · **What happens:** mean, restore · **To what, where:** soul This is exam question 2 of lesson 795 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul» 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/795-pg27200-part6/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e2:1 # text = By what means did the spectre restore the soul of the woman? 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 spectre spectre NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? 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 | **restore** | past · do-support | the spectre | the soul of the woman | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent soul=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} By declaring he was buried in her heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e2:o1:1 # text = By declaring he was buried in her heart 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 declaring declare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **bury** | past · passive | | he | | her heart | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in heart=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} By giving her back the sea water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e2:o2:1 # text = By giving her back the sea water 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give back** | gerund | | the sea water | her *= she* | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient water=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} By prayer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e2:o3:1 # text = By prayer 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} By the bell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e2:o4:1 # text = By the bell 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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