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title: In what manner did the bird-husband return to claim his wife after s… — English Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the bird-husband return to claim his wife after seven years and a day? Exam question 3 of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» of the books course of Mova's primary 
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# Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid'…

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In what manner did the bird-husband return to claim his wife after seven years and a day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, claim · **To what, where:** husband return, manner, wife

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» 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/241-pg14241-part8/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e3:1
# text = In what manner did the bird-husband return to claim his wife after seven years and a day?
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	9	det	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	claim	claim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the husband return |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Eventuality |
| 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | his wife |  |  | year |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wife=Topic |

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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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as a bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e3:o1:1
# text = as a bird
1	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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in a tall silver coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e3:o2:1
# text = in a tall silver coat
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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on a white horse at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e3:o3:1
# text = on a white horse at dawn
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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in his own shape again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e3:o4:1
# text = in his own shape again
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

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