--- title: To what did the wise man allude when he cautioned Manus concerning h… — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of… · tree and pragmatics description: To what did the wise man allude when he cautioned Manus concerning his bride? Exam question 4 of lesson 1159 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manus is cheated of his share and is offered a sword» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1159-pg3027-part25/e4/) [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/) / [More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1159-pg3027-part25/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manu… To what did the wise man allude when he cautioned Manus concerning his bride? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wise man, man · **What happens:** allude, caution, concern · **To what, where:** Manus, bride This is exam question 4 of lesson 1159 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manus is cheated of his share and is offered a sword» 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/1159-pg3027-part25/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e4:1 # text = To what did the wise man allude when he cautioned Manus concerning his bride? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 allude allude VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 cautioned caution VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 Manus Manus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 concerning concern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allude** | past · do-support | the wise man | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **caution** *speech: other* | past | man | | Manus | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent manus=Recipient | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | man *not said here* | man's bride | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bride=Experiencer | 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} The rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e4:o1:1 # text = The rain 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e4:o2:1 # text = The wind 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The cold winter snow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e4:o3:1 # text = The cold winter snow 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The swift March wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e4:o4:1 # text = The swift March wind 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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