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title: In what manner does the Swallow describe his destination when he spe… — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner does the Swallow describe his destination when he speaks to the Prince? Exam question 1 of lesson 2033 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the Rose, part 1: the Swallow dies, the statue is melted, and the Student needs a red rose» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 1 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the…

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In what manner does the Swallow describe his destination when he speaks to the Prince?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Swallow · **What happens:** describe, speak · **To what, where:** destination, manner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2033 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the Rose, part 1: the Swallow dies, the statue is melted, and the Student needs a red rose» 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/2033-pg902-part3/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e1:1
# text = In what manner does the Swallow describe his destination when he speaks to the Prince?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Swallow	swallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	destination	destination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · do-support | the Swallow | Swallow's destination |  | what manner |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent destination=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Swallow |  |  |  |  | to the Prince | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to prince=Co-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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As the grim and final House of Death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e1:o1:1
# text = As the grim and final House of Death
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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As the cold and silent House of Death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e1:o2:1
# text = As the cold and silent House of Death
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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As the House of Death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e1:o3:1
# text = As the House of Death
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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As a dark cold land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e1:o4:1
# text = As a dark cold land
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	land	land	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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