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title: Which phrase best describes the manner in which Mongan speaks when h… — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase best describes the manner in which Mongan speaks when he welcomes the King of Leinster? Exam question 2 of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan tr…

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Which phrase best describes the manner in which Mongan speaks when he welcomes the King of Leinster?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, Mongan · **What happens:** describe, speak, welcome · **To what, where:** manner, King · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» 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/1071-pg2892-part39/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e2:1
# text = Which phrase best describes the manner in which Mongan speaks when he welcomes the King of Leinster?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
9	Mongan	Mongan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	welcomes	welcome	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the manner |  |  |  | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Mongan |  |  | the manner |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **welcome** | present | Mongan | the King of Leinster |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=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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in a bright and cheerful tone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e2:o1:1
# text = in a bright and cheerful tone
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	tone	tone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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in a melancholy and lamentable voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e2:o2:1
# text = in a melancholy and lamentable voice
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	melancholy	melancholy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	lamentable	lamentable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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with a fierce and angry shout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e2:o3:1
# text = with a fierce and angry shout
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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in a loud and angry voice, as if he were ready to fight the king at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e2:o4:1
# text = in a loud and angry voice, as if he were ready to fight the king at once
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the king |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent |

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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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