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title: In what manner did the royal household return to the capital at the… — Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the royal household return to the capital at the conclusion of the narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 233 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water: the Sultan meets his children and his wife comes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In what manner did the royal household return to the capital at the conclusion of the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, conclude · **To what, where:** royal household return, manner, narrative

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 233 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water: the Sultan meets his children and his wife comes home» 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/233-pg128-part73/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e4:1
# text = In what manner did the royal household return to the capital at the conclusion of the narrative?
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	8	det	_	_
6	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the royal household return |  | what manner |  | to the capital; at the conclusion of the narrative | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Eventuality |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | the narrative |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
on horseback, with the princes riding proudly beside their father through the cheering streets

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e4:o1:1
# text = on horseback, with the princes riding proudly beside their father through the cheering streets
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	horseback	horseback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
7	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	cheering	cheering	NOUN	NN	_	15	compound	_	_
15	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund | the princes *not said here* |  |  | the cheering streets |  | beside princes's father; proudly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through street=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
in a golden carriage through the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e4:o2:1
# text = in a golden carriage through the city
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
in a grand procession of horses and carriages, with the princes walking beside their father and the crowd cheering

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e4:o3:1
# text = in a grand procession of horses and carriages, with the princes walking beside their father and the crowd cheering
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	carriages	carriage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
13	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
20	cheering	cheer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	acl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | the princes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | beside princes's father | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside father=Trajectory |
| 2 | **cheer** | gerund | the crowd *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **proceed** |  | horses and carriages and the princes and the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
on horseback, with the princes beside their father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:233-pg128-part73:e4:o4:1
# text = on horseback, with the princes beside their father
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	horseback	horseback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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