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title: In what manner did the queen return to her chamber after the fish's… — Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the queen return to her chamber after the fish's reply? Exam question 1 of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 1 · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que…

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In what manner did the queen return to her chamber after the fish's reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** do, reply · **To what, where:** queen return, manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» 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/1849-pg7128-part33/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e1:1
# text = In what manner did the queen return to her chamber after the fish's reply?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the queen return |  | what manner | after the fish's reply | to her chamber | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reply** |  | the fish |  |  |  |  |  | nom reply «communication transitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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In a state of great rage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e1:o1:1
# text = In a state of great rage
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Angrily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e1:o2:1
# text = Angrily
1	Angrily	angrily	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In a quiet and sad mood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e1:o3:1
# text = In a quiet and sad mood
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Happily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:e1:o4:1
# text = Happily
1	Happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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