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title: By what means does the grandfather suppose Holger Danske reached the… — Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the c… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means does the grandfather suppose Holger Danske reached the Danish fleet? Exam question 4 of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his w…

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By what means does the grandfather suppose Holger Danske reached the Danish fleet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandfather, Holger · **What happens:** mean, suppose, reach · **To what, where:** Danish fleet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» 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/848-pg27200-part59/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e4:1
# text = By what means does the grandfather suppose Holger Danske reached the Danish fleet?
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	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	suppose	suppose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Holger	Holger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	Danske	Danske	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
10	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Danish	danish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **suppose** | present · do-support | the grandfather |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** | past | Holger | the Danish fleet |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent fleet=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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by swimming from Kronenburg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e4:o1:1
# text = by swimming from Kronenburg
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Kronenburg	Kronenburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | gerund |  |  |  | Kronenburg |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from kronenburg=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by walking over the frozen sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e4:o2:1
# text = by walking over the frozen sound
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  | the frozen sound |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sound=Trajectory |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by sailing from the harbor town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e4:o3:1
# text = by sailing from the harbor town
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	harbor	harbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | gerund |  |  |  | the harbor town |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from town=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by swimming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e4:o4:1
# text = by swimming
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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