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title: By what means did the wood-cutters remove the tall trees from the fo… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree,… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the wood-cutters remove the tall trees from the forest, according to the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 825 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 1: a little fir-tree longs to be tall, is cut down, and is dressed for Christmas» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 1: a little fir…

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By what means did the wood-cutters remove the tall trees from the forest, according to the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wood cutters · **What happens:** mean, do, remove, accord · **To what, where:** tall trees, forest

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 825 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 1: a little fir-tree longs to be tall, is cut down, and is dressed for Christmas» 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/825-pg27200-part36/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:e3:1
# text = By what means did the wood-cutters remove the tall trees from the forest, according to the narrative?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	cutters	cutter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	remove	remove	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	case	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **remove** | present | the wood cutters | the tall trees |  | the forest |  | accord the narrative | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tree=Theme from forest=Source |
| 4 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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 sledge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:e3:o1:1
# text = By sledge
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sledge	sledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Great wagons drawn by horses along the frozen road to town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:e3:o2:1
# text = Great wagons drawn by horses along the frozen road to town
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wagons	wagon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | Great wagons *not said here* |  |  |  | by horses; along the frozen road to town | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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Wagons drawn by horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:e3:o3:1
# text = Wagons drawn by horses
1	Wagons	wagon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | Wagons *not said here* |  |  |  | by horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carts pulled by oxen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:e3:o4:1
# text = Carts pulled by oxen
1	Carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | Carts *not said here* |  |  |  | by oxen | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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