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title: Describe the manner in which the King first came to suspect that his… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the… · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgive…

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Describe the manner in which the King first came to suspect that his youngest daughter had transgressed his instructions upon his return home.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, King, youngest daughter · **What happens:** describe, come, suspect, transgress, instruct, return · **To what, where:** manner, instructions

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» 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/1528-pg540-part25/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:e4:1
# text = Describe the manner in which the King first came to suspect that his youngest daughter had transgressed his instructions upon his return home.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	suspect	suspect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	amod	_	_
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	transgressed	transgress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	ccomp	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
23	home	home	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | the King |  |  | the manner |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **suspect** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **transgress** | past · perfect | King's youngest daughter | King's instructions |  |  |  | upon King's return; home *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **instruct** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **return** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A servant told him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:e4:o1:1
# text = A servant told him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a servant |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He saw her crying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:e4:o2:1
# text = He saw her crying
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
4	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He noticed a key missing from her belt and a torn dress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:e4:o3:1
# text = He noticed a key missing from her belt and a torn dress
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	key	key	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	missing	missing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | He | a key missing |  | her belt and a torn dress |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer missing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He observed that she had grown thin and sad in appearance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:e4:o4:1
# text = He observed that she had grown thin and sad in appearance
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	observed	observe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grow** | past · perfect | she |  |  | appearance |  | thin *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in appearance=Location |

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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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