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title: Describe the manner in which the advance of the troops is brought to… — Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the manner in which the advance of the troops is brought to a halt before the Viceroy and the Amir. Exam question 4 of lesson 632 «Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question orders before the big parade» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question…

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Describe the manner in which the advance of the troops is brought to a halt before the Viceroy and the Amir.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, troops · **What happens:** describe, bring, advance · **To what, where:** manner, advance

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 632 «Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question orders before the big parade» 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/632-pg236-part33/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e4:1
# text = Describe the manner in which the advance of the troops is brought to a halt before the Viceroy and the Amir.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	halt	halt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Viceroy	Viceroy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Amir	Amir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | present · passive |  | the advance of the troops |  | the manner |  | to a halt before the Viceroy and the Amir | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to halt=Destination |
| 3 | **advance** |  | the troops |  |  |  |  |  | nom advance «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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The Amir fled to his tent.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e4:o1:1
# text = The Amir fled to his tent.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Amir	Amir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | the Amir |  |  | Amir's tent |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tent=Initial\_Location |

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

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The ground stood still and the line saluted.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e4:o2:1
# text = The ground stood still and the line saluted.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saluted	salute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the ground |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **salute** | past | the line |  |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The ground stood still as the whole line saluted the Viceroy and the Amir together.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e4:o3:1
# text = The ground stood still as the whole line saluted the Viceroy and the Amir together.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saluted	salute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Viceroy	Viceroy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Amir	Amir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the ground |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **salute** | past | the whole line | the Viceroy and the Amir |  |  |  | together *property* | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent viceroy=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The troops marched on and halted.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e4:o4:1
# text = The troops marched on and halted.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	nsubj	_	_
3	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	halted	halt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march on** | past | the troops |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **halt** | past | the troops *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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