--- title: In what manner did the cockchafer convey Thumbelina away? — Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny g… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the cockchafer convey Thumbelina away? Exam question 3 of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1740-pg640-part64/e3/) [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/) / [Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny g…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1740-pg640-part64/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flo… In what manner did the cockchafer convey Thumbelina away? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cockchafer · **What happens:** convey away · **To what, where:** Thumbelina, manner This is exam question 3 of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» 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/1740-pg640-part64/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e3:1 # text = In what manner did the cockchafer convey Thumbelina away? 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 cockchafer cockchafer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 convey convey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 Thumbelina Thumbelina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey away** | past · do-support | the cockchafer | Thumbelina | | what manner | | away *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thumbelina=Topic | 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} By embracing her waist and flying high above the marsh and trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e3:o1:1 # text = By embracing her waist and flying high above the marsh and trees 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 embracing embrace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 7 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 8 above above ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | gerund | | her waist | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waist=Co-Agent | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | | | | the marsh and trees | | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above marsh=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} By carrying her in his claws ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e3:o2:1 # text = By carrying her in his claws 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | gerund | | her *= she* | | his claws | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in claw=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} By embracing her waist and flying all the way to the distant tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e3:o3:1 # text = By embracing her waist and flying all the way to the distant tree 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 embracing embrace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | gerund | | her waist | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waist=Co-Agent | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | | all way | | | | to the distant tree *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tree=Result | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} By embracing her waist and flying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e3:o4:1 # text = By embracing her waist and flying 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 embracing embrace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 flying flying NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | gerund | | her waist and flying | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waist=Co-Agent | **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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