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title: By what means did Helga convey water to the dead priest and the horse? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Helga convey water to the dead priest and the horse? Exam question 4 of lesson 893 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 104: robbers kill the priest and horse, and Helga, now a frog, buries him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

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By what means did Helga convey water to the dead priest and the horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Helga · **What happens:** mean, convey · **To what, where:** water, dead priest

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 893 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 104: robbers kill the priest and horse, and Helga, now a frog, buries him» 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/893-pg27200-part104/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e4:1
# text = By what means did Helga convey water to the dead priest and the horse?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	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	6	aux	_	_
5	Helga	Helga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **convey** | past · do-support | Helga | water | the dead priest and the horse |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Topic to priest=Recipient |

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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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with her hollow webbed palm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e4:o1:1
# text = with her hollow webbed palm
1	with	with	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	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	webbed	web	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **web** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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in her hand, which was webbed and hollow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e4:o2:1
# text = in her hand, which was webbed and hollow
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	webbed	web	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **web** | past · passive |  |  |  | her hand |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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by dipping her long webbed hand into the spring water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e4:o3:1
# text = by dipping her long webbed hand into the spring water
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dipping	dip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	webbed	web	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | gerund |  | her long webbed hand |  | the spring water |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme into water=Destination |
| 2 | **web** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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in her cupped hands from the spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e4:o4:1
# text = in her cupped hands from the spring
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cupped	cup	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cup** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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