--- title: In what manner did the beasts comport themselves upon Ulysses's arri… — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the beasts comport themselves upon Ulysses's arrival on the lawn? Exam question 3 of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits… In what manner did the beasts comport themselves upon Ulysses's arrival on the lawn? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** beasts, Ulysses · **What happens:** do, comport, arrive · **To what, where:** manner, beasts, lawn This is exam question 3 of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» 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/2067-pg976-part26/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e3:1 # text = In what manner did the beasts comport themselves upon Ulysses's arrival on the lawn? 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 6 det _ _ 6 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comport comport VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 Ulysses Ulysses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 lawn lawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **comport** | present | the beasts | beasts *= beast* | | the lawn | | upon Ulysses's arrival | tree rules | | 3 | **arrive** | | Ulysses | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} They growled and kept back from him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e3:o1:1 # text = They growled and kept back from him 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 growled growl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **growl** | past | They | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep back** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | from him *= he* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from he=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} They snarled and backed away slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e3:o2:1 # text = They snarled and backed away slowly 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 snarled snarl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 backed back VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snarl** | past | They | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **back away** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | away, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They barked loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e3:o3:1 # text = They barked loudly 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | past | They | | | | | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They yelped and glared while keeping their distance ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e3:o4:1 # text = They yelped and glared while keeping their distance 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 yelped yelp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 glared glare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 keeping keep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 ccomp _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yelp** | past | They | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **glare** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | gerund | They *not said here* | their distance | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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