--- title: In what manner did the brothers conduct themselves upon the road to… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the brothers conduct themselves upon the road to Court? Exam question 3 of lesson 1748 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Princess with a crow, a shoe and mud» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1748-pg640-part72/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's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1748-pg640-part72/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Prince… In what manner did the brothers conduct themselves upon the road to Court? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** conduct, court · **To what, where:** brothers, manner This is exam question 3 of lesson 1748 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Princess with a crow, a shoe and mud» 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/1748-pg640-part72/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e3:1 # text = In what manner did the brothers conduct themselves upon the road to Court? 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=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 conduct conduct VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Court court VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conduct** | past · do-support | the brothers | brothers *= brother* | | what manner | | upon the road | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in manner=Destination | | 2 | **court** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=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} in silence ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e3:o1:1 # text = in silence 1 in in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} singing old songs loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e3:o2:1 # text = singing old songs loudly 1 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | old songs | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} in loud arguments ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e3:o3:1 # text = in loud arguments 1 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 arguments argument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} in silent meditation ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e3:o4:1 # text = in silent meditation 1 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 meditation meditation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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