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title: In what manner does the narrator characterise the giant's slumber du… — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner does the narrator characterise the giant's slumber during the episode? Exam question 4 of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a hu…

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In what manner does the narrator characterise the giant's slumber during the episode?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator, giant · **What happens:** characterise, slumber · **To what, where:** slumber, manner

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» 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/2051-pg976-part10/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e4:1
# text = In what manner does the narrator characterise the giant's slumber during the episode?
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	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	characterise	characterise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	slumber	slumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	episode	episode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characterise** | present · do-support | the narrator | the giant's slumber |  | what manner | during the episode |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **slumber** |  | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | nom slumber «state 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He mutters peevish words throughout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e4:o1:1
# text = He mutters peevish words throughout
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mutters	mutter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	peevish	peevish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | present | He | peevish words |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

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

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He snores like the rush of a whirlwind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e4:o2:1
# text = He snores like the rush of a whirlwind
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snores	snore	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rush	rush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snore** | present | He |  |  |  |  | like the rush of a whirlwind | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rush** |  |  | a whirlwind |  |  |  |  | nom rush «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He lies as silently as a stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e4:o3:1
# text = He lies as silently as a stone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	silently	silently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | He |  |  |  |  | as a stone; silently *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He breathes softly like a sleeping child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e4:o4:1
# text = He breathes softly like a sleeping child
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breathes	breathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | present | He |  |  |  |  | like a sleeping child; softly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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