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title: By what means did the bride of the young snail reach the burdock wood? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Fami… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the bride of the young snail reach the burdock wood? Exam question 2 of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails f…

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By what means did the bride of the young snail reach the burdock wood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bride · **What happens:** mean, do, reach · **To what, where:** burdock wood

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» 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/846-pg27200-part57/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e2:1
# text = By what means did the bride of the young snail reach the burdock wood?
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	6	det	_	_
6	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	burdock	burdock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **reach** | infinitive | the bride of the young snail | the burdock wood |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |

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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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By a passing ant carrying her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e2:o1:1
# text = By a passing ant carrying her
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund | a passing ant *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By her own slow crawl over eight days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e2:o2:1
# text = By her own slow crawl over eight days
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crawl	crawl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | over eight days |  | nom crawl «act intransitive»: poss=agent over=obl |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Her own slow journey of eight days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e2:o3:1
# text = Her own slow journey of eight days
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** |  | Her *= she* | eight days |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By a long journey of eight days, guided by six glow-worms who lit her way

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e2:o4:1
# text = By a long journey of eight days, guided by six glow-worms who lit her way
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	guided	guide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
12	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guide** | participle |  | a long journey of eight days *not said here* |  |  |  | by six glow worms | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by worm=Destination |
| 2 | **light** | past | six glow worms | her way |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Product |
| 3 | **journey** |  |  | eight days |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: of=patient |

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