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title: By what means did the rose elf communicate the account of the murder… — Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfi… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the rose elf communicate the account of the murder to the bees? Exam question 2 of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…

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By what means did the rose elf communicate the account of the murder to the bees?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rose elf · **What happens:** mean, communicate, account · **To what, where:** account, bees, murder

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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/822-pg27200-part33/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e2:1
# text = By what means did the rose elf communicate the account of the murder to the bees?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	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	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	elf	elf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	communicate	communicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **communicate** | past · do-support | the rose elf | the account of the murder | the bees |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent account=Topic to bee=Recipient |
| 3 | **account** |  |  | the murder |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 flying to the hive at night and relating the whole sad story of the murder in a loud song

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e2:o1:1
# text = By flying to the hive at night and relating the whole sad story of the murder in a loud song
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	relating	relate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night | to the hive *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hive=Result |
| 2 | **relate** | gerund |  | the whole sad story of the murder |  |  |  | in a loud song *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent story=Theme in song=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By sending a messenger to the queen bee who then repeated the entire account to every bee in the garden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e2:o2:1
# text = By sending a messenger to the queen bee who then repeated the entire account to every bee in the garden
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | a messenger | the queen bee |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to bee=Destination |
| 2 | **repeat** | past | the queen bee | the entire account | every bee | the garden | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent account=Topic to bee=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By flying to them and relating it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e2:o3:1
# text = By flying to them and relating it
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	relating	relate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to they=Result |
| 2 | **relate** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By whispering to them in the hive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e2:o4:1
# text = By whispering to them in the hive
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	whispering	whisper	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | them *= they* | the hive |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient |

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