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title: In what manner did the little red men maintain their observance of t… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golde… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the little red men maintain their observance of the Sabbath aboard the castle? Exam question 4 of lesson 1955 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Castle: the castle is found and carried away over the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Castle: the castle…

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In what manner did the little red men maintain their observance of the Sabbath aboard the castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little red men, men · **What happens:** do, maintain, observe · **To what, where:** manner, observance, Sabbath

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1955 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Castle: the castle is found and carried away over the sea» 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/1955-pg7439-part14/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e4:1
# text = In what manner did the little red men maintain their observance of the Sabbath aboard the castle?
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	8	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	maintain	maintain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	observance	observance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	aboard	aboard	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **maintain** | present | the little red men | men's observance of the Sabbath |  |  |  | aboard the castle | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent observance=Theme |
| 3 | **observe** |  | men *= man* | the Sabbath |  |  |  |  | nom observance «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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By holding church with a priest and a clerk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e4:o1:1
# text = By holding church with a priest and a clerk
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | church |  |  |  | with a priest and a clerk | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By performing a service with clerk and priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e4:o2:1
# text = By performing a service with clerk and priest
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	performing	perform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | gerund |  | a service |  |  |  | with clerk and priest | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By singing hymns with the two women there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e4:o3:1
# text = By singing hymns with the two women there
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	hymns	hymn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | hymns |  |  |  | with the two women | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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With a priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e4:o4:1
# text = With a priest
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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