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title: In accordance with the passage, by what means did Mr. Darling secure… — Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In accordance with the passage, by what means did Mr. Darling secure the hand of Mrs. Darling? Exam question 2 of lesson 310 «Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through, part 1: the Darlings and their dog nurse Nana» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 2 · Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through, part 1: the Darling…

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In accordance with the passage, by what means did Mr. Darling secure the hand of Mrs. Darling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Darling · **What happens:** mean, secure · **To what, where:** accordance, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 310 «Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through, part 1: the Darlings and their dog nurse Nana» 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/310-pg16-part1/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:e2:1
# text = In accordance with the passage, by what means did Mr. Darling secure the hand of Mrs. Darling?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:desc	_	_
12	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	secure	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  | accordance with the passage |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **secure** | past · do-support | Darling  Mr. | the hand of Mrs. Darling |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition hand=Theme |

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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 arriving first in a cab, having been the most cunning of all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:e2:o1:1
# text = By arriving first in a cab, having been the most cunning of all
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cab	cab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	12	advmod	_	_
12	cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | gerund |  |  |  | a cab |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund · perfect |  | the cunning |  |  |  | of all | tree rules |

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

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By arriving first in a cab

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:e2:o2:1
# text = By arriving first in a cab
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cab	cab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | gerund |  |  |  | a cab |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By sending roses to her home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:e2:o3:1
# text = By sending roses to her home
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | roses |  | her home |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rose=Theme to home=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By arriving first in a cab, ahead of all the other suitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:e2:o4:1
# text = By arriving first in a cab, ahead of all the other suitors
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cab	cab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	suitors	suitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | gerund |  |  |  | a cab |  | ahead, first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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