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title: Pray state the condition of the English garrison at the time of assa… — Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Dou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pray state the condition of the English garrison at the time of assault. Exam question 4 of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 4 · Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won b…

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Pray state the condition of the English garrison at the time of assault.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pray · **What happens:** state, condition · **To what, where:** condition, English garrison

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» 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/345-pg18442-part5/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e4:1
# text = Pray state the condition of the English garrison at the time of assault.
1	Pray	Pray	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	state	state	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	garrison	garrison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	assault	assault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | past | Pray | the condition of the English garrison |  |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 2 | **condition** |  |  | the English garrison |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They were engaged in festivity and unprepared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e4:o1:1
# text = They were engaged in festivity and unprepared
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	festivity	festivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	unprepared	unprepar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | in festivity *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in festivity=Goal |
| 2 | **unprepar** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were feasting and off guard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e4:o2:1
# text = They were feasting and off guard
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	feasting	feast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feast** | past · progressive | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were busy drinking and unarmed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e4:o3:1
# text = They were busy drinking and unarmed
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	unarmed	unarmed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They were drinking heavily and had neglected to post any sentries at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:e4:o4:1
# text = They were drinking heavily and had neglected to post any sentries at all
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	heavily	heavily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	neglected	neglect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	post	post	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	sentries	sentry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | heavily *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **neglect** | past · perfect | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **post** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | any sentries |  | all |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentry=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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