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title: In what manner does the text state that the Danes withdrew from Dubl… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fe… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner does the text state that the Danes withdrew from Dublin following the arrival of the flail? Exam question 2 of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

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In what manner does the text state that the Danes withdrew from Dublin following the arrival of the flail?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danes, flail · **What happens:** do, withdraw, follow, arrive · **To what, where:** text state, manner, Dublin, arrival

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run 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/2022-pg7885-part41/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e2:1
# text = In what manner does the text state that the Danes withdrew from Dublin following the arrival of the flail?
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	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Danes	Dane	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	flail	flail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the text state |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality |
| 2 | **withdraw** | past | the Danes |  |  | Dublin |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from dublin=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | the Danes *not said here* | the arrival of the flail |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrival=Theme |
| 4 | **arrive** |  | the flail |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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by abandoning their camp, burning their tents, and sailing away in their ships to Denmark and beyond

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e2:o1:1
# text = by abandoning their camp, burning their tents, and sailing away in their ships to Denmark and beyond
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	abandoning	abandon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | gerund |  | their camp |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme camp=Source |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  | their tents |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tent=Theme |
| 3 | **sail away** | gerund |  |  | Denmark | tents's ships |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to denmark=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by rowing off in their longboats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e2:o2:1
# text = by rowing off in their longboats
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rowing	row	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	longboats	longboat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row off** | gerund |  |  |  | their longboats |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by sailing away in their ships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e2:o3:1
# text = by sailing away in their ships
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail away** | gerund |  |  |  | their ships |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by marching off to the north coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e2:o4:1
# text = by marching off to the north coast
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	marching	march	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march off** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the north coast *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to coast=Result |

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