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title: By what means did the mother of the Winds restrain her sons when the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the mother of the Winds restrain her sons when they proved unruly? Exam question 2 of lesson 933 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of Paradise, part 144: the lost prince shelters in the Winds' cave and hears the North and West Winds tell their adventures» of the books course of M
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of Paradise, part 144:…

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By what means did the mother of the Winds restrain her sons when they proved unruly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mother, sons · **What happens:** mean, do, restrain, prove · **To what, where:** sons

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 933 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of Paradise, part 144: the lost prince shelters in the Winds' cave and hears the North and West Winds tell their adventures» 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/933-pg27200-part144/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:e2:1
# text = By what means did the mother of the Winds restrain her sons when they proved unruly?
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	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	restrain	restrain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	proved	prove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
16	unruly	unruly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 | **restrain** | present | the mother of the Winds | mother's sons |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer son=Eventuality |
| 4 | **prove** | past | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  | unruly *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: 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 {#o1}

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By shutting them inside wooden barrels in the cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:e2:o1:1
# text = By shutting them inside wooden barrels in the cellar
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shutting	shut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | inside *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By confining them within four sacks upon the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:e2:o2:1
# text = By confining them within four sacks upon the wall
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	confining	confine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | within four sacks; upon the wall | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By confining them within four sacks upon the wall and sternly forbidding any further noise

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:e2:o3:1
# text = By confining them within four sacks upon the wall and sternly forbidding any further noise
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	confining	confine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	sternly	sternly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	forbidding	forbid	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
14	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | within four sacks upon the wall | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **forbid** | gerund |  | any further noise |  |  |  | sternly *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer noise=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By confining them within four heavy sacks hung upon the far wall of the cave, where they could not escape until morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:e2:o4:1
# text = By confining them within four heavy sacks hung upon the far wall of the cave, where they could not escape until morning
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	confining	confine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
22	until	until	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | within four heavy sacks | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **hang** | participle |  | four heavy sacks *not said here* |  | the far wall of the cave |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon wall=Location |
| 3 | **not** **escape** | could | sacks *= sack* |  |  |  | morning |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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