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description: In what manner did the king draw the sword from its sheath within the chamber? Exam question 2 of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king…

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In what manner did the king draw the sword from its sheath within the chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** draw · **To what, where:** sword, manner

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the 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/1289-pg3454-part14/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the king draw the sword from its sheath within the chamber?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	sheath	sheath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	within	within	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past · do-support | the king | the sword |  | what manner |  | from sword's sheath; within the chamber | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme in manner=Destination |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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slowly and softly, without noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e2:o1:1
# text = slowly and softly, without noise
1	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by cutting through the case

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e2:o2:1
# text = by cutting through the case
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | through the case | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through case=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by striking the sheath sharply

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e2:o3:1
# text = by striking the sheath sharply
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	striking	strike	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sheath	sheath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	sharply	sharply	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | gerund |  | the sheath |  |  |  | sharply *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheath=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by pulling it out in haste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e2:o4:1
# text = by pulling it out in haste
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	haste	haste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | gerund |  | it |  | haste |  |  | tree rules |

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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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