--- title: Pursuant to the narrative, state the manner in which the vixen effec… — Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Bl… · tree and pragmatics description: Pursuant to the narrative, state the manner in which the vixen effected the wolf's descent into the well. Exam question 1 of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1145-pg3027-part11/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Bl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1145-pg3027-part11/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11:… Pursuant to the narrative, state the manner in which the vixen effected the wolf's descent into the well. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, vixen, wolf · **What happens:** state, affect, descend · **To what, where:** manner, narrative, descent This is exam question 1 of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» 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/1145-pg3027-part11/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e1:1 # text = Pursuant to the narrative, state the manner in which the vixen effected the wolf's descent into the well. 1 Pursuant pursuant ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 state state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 vixen vixen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 effected affect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 descent descent NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner | the narrative | | | pursuant *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent manner=Topic to narrative=Recipient | | 2 | **affect** | past | the vixen | the wolf's descent | | the manner | | into the well | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus descent=Experiencer | | 3 | **descend** | | the wolf | | | | | | nom descent «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 {#o1} By lowering him with a rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e1:o1:1 # text = By lowering him with a rope 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 lowering lower VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lower** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | with a rope | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} By pushing the bucket with her paws ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e1:o2:1 # text = By pushing the bucket with her paws 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | gerund | | the bucket | | | | with her paws | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} By shouting from the top of the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e1:o3:1 # text = By shouting from the top of the wall 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | the top of the wall | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} By directing him into the second bucket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e1:o4:1 # text = By directing him into the second bucket 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 directing direct VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **direct** | gerund | | him *= he* | | the second bucket | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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. 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