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title: Describe the manner in which the princess conducted herself by night… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the manner in which the princess conducted herself by night, as recorded in the account. Exam question 4 of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam,…

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Describe the manner in which the princess conducted herself by night, as recorded in the account.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, princess · **What happens:** describe, conduct, record · **To what, where:** manner, princess, account

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» 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/1819-pg7128-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:e4:1
# text = Describe the manner in which the princess conducted herself by night, as recorded in the account.
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	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **conduct** | past | the princess | princess |  | the manner | night |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in which=Destination |
| 3 | **record** | participle | the princess *not said here* |  |  | the account |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in account=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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She sat upon the roof of her palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = She sat upon the roof of her palace
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	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	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  | the roof of her palace |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon roof=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She sat outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = She sat outside
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She stood upon her palace roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = She stood upon her palace roof
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | She |  |  | her palace roof |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon roof=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She sat atop the balcony of her palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = She sat atop the balcony of her palace
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	atop	atop	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	balcony	balcony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	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	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  |  |  | atop the balcony of her palace | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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