--- title: State the manner in which Stan persuaded the dragon to relinquish hi… — Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part… · tree and pragmatics description: State the manner in which Stan persuaded the dragon to relinquish his right to the water supply. Exam question 2 of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1770-pg641-part21/e2/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1770-pg641-part21/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th… State the manner in which Stan persuaded the dragon to relinquish his right to the water supply. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Stan, dragon · **What happens:** state, persuade, relinquish · **To what, where:** manner, dragon, right, water supply This is exam question 2 of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» 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/1770-pg641-part21/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e2:1 # text = State the manner in which Stan persuaded the dragon to relinquish his right to the water supply. 1 State state 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 7 obl _ _ 6 Stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 relinquish relinquish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 supply supply NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic | | 2 | **persuade** | past | Stan | the dragon | | the manner | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **relinquish** | to-infinitive | the dragon *not said here* | Stan's right | the water supply | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent right=Theme to supply=Recipient | 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} through a clever bet about the moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e2:o1:1 # text = through a clever bet about the moon 1 through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bet bet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} by threatening to take the brook away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e2:o2:1 # text = by threatening to take the brook away 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 threatening threaten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the brook | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brook=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} by promising to share the forest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e2:o3:1 # text = by promising to share the forest 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the forest | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} by threatening to throw the moon and the brook into the forest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:e2:o4:1 # text = by threatening to throw the moon and the brook into the forest 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 threatening threaten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **throw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the moon and the brook | | | | into the forest *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer moon=Theme into forest=Result | **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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