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title: In what manner did John's failure to present himself at the appointe… — Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did John's failure to present himself at the appointed hour occur, according to the narrative? Exam question 2 of lesson 1899 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Ludovine from the goblins, sleeps through his chances, and is carried off to the Low Countries.» of the
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Lud…

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In what manner did John's failure to present himself at the appointed hour occur, according to the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** John · **What happens:** do, present, appoint, accord, fail · **To what, where:** failure, manner, John, appointed hour occur

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1899 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Ludovine from the goblins, sleeps through his chances, and is carried off to the Low Countries.» 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/1899-pg7277-part36/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:e2:1
# text = In what manner did John's failure to present himself at the appointed hour occur, according to the narrative?
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	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	present	present	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
14	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	occur	occur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	case	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | John's failure and the narrative |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent failure=Eventuality |
| 2 | **present** | to-infinitive |  | John |  | the appointed hour occur |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
| 3 | **appoint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **fail** |  | John |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He fell asleep in the branches of a lime-tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:e2:o1:1
# text = He fell asleep in the branches of a lime-tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	lime	lime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | He |  |  | the branches of a lime tree |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in branch=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He dozed off on a bench in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:e2:o2:1
# text = He dozed off on a bench in the square
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dozed	doze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doze off** | past | He |  |  | a bench |  | in the square | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He drifted off to sleep in the branches of a tall lime-tree after riding all night long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:e2:o3:1
# text = He drifted off to sleep in the branches of a tall lime-tree after riding all night long
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
12	lime	lime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
15	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift off** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | the branches of a tall lime tree |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in branch=Location |
| 3 | **ride** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  | night | long *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He was waylaid by the sound of a bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:e2:o4:1
# text = He was waylaid by the sound of a bell
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	waylaid	waylay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waylay** | past · passive | the sound of a bell | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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