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title: By what means does Yallery Brown finally depart from Tom's presence? — More English Fairy Tales, Yallery Brow… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means does Yallery Brown finally depart from Tom's presence? Exam question 2 of lesson 240 «More English Fairy Tales, Yallery Brown: Tom lets the imp out and is cursed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 2 · More English Fairy Tales, Yallery Brown: Tom lets the imp…

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By what means does Yallery Brown finally depart from Tom's presence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, depart · **To what, where:** Yallery, presence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 240 «More English Fairy Tales, Yallery Brown: Tom lets the imp out and is cursed» 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/240-pg14241-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:e2:1
# text = By what means does Yallery Brown finally depart from Tom's presence?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	Yallery	Yallery	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	Brown	Brown	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	depart	depart	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | present |  | Yallery |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yallery=Eventuality |
| 3 | **depart** | present |  |  |  | Tom's presence |  | finally *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from presence=Initial\_Location |

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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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by sinking into the soft earth below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = by sinking into the soft earth below
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sinking	sink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	below	below	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | gerund |  |  |  | the soft earth |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by melting into the morning mist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = by melting into the morning mist
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | gerund |  |  |  | the morning mist |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into mist=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by floating away upon the wind like a seed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = by floating away upon the wind like a seed
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float away** | gerund |  |  |  | the wind like a seed |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon wind=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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by floating away upon the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = by floating away upon the wind
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float away** | gerund |  |  |  | the wind |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon wind=Trajectory |

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