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title: In what manner did Deirdre attempt to dissuade Naois from undertakin… — Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connac… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did Deirdre attempt to dissuade Naois from undertaking the journey? Exam question 2 of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N…

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In what manner did Deirdre attempt to dissuade Naois from undertaking the journey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Deirdre · **What happens:** attempt, dissuade, undertake · **To what, where:** manner, Naois, journey

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» 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/1995-pg7885-part14/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e2:1
# text = In what manner did Deirdre attempt to dissuade Naois from undertaking the journey?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	dissuade	dissuade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attempt** | past · do-support | Deirdre |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dissuade** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Deirdre *not said here* |  | Naois |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer naois=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **undertake** | gerund | Deirdre *not said here* | the journey |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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She wept and begged him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e2:o1:1
# text = She wept and begged him
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | She *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She begged him aloud to stay with her in Alba

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e2:o2:1
# text = She begged him aloud to stay with her in Alba
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Alba	Alba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | She |  | him *= he* |  |  | aloud *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  | Alba |  | with her *= she* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in alba=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She warned him with a plain plea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e2:o3:1
# text = She warned him with a plain plea
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	plea	plea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | She |  | him *= he* |  |  | with a plain plea | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She recited a prophetic verse concerning doves and hawks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e2:o4:1
# text = She recited a prophetic verse concerning doves and hawks
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recited	recite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	prophetic	prophetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hawks	hawk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | past | She | a prophetic verse and concerning doves and hawks |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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