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title: In what manner did the dragon proceed into the mountain? — pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the to… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the dragon proceed into the mountain? Exam question 1 of lesson 660 «pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside: Edmund tricks the dragon and saves her drakling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 1 · pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside:…

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In what manner did the dragon proceed into the mountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** proceed · **To what, where:** manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 660 «pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside: Edmund tricks the dragon and saves her drakling» 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/660-pg23661-part28/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e1:1
# text = In what manner did the dragon proceed into the mountain?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past · do-support | the dragon |  |  | what manner |  | into the mountain | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=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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By gradually stretching her entire body into a long thin shape, then pushing through

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e1:o1:1
# text = By gradually stretching her entire body into a long thin shape, then pushing through
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	gradually	gradually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
15	through	through	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | gerund |  | her entire body |  |  |  | into a long thin shape *result*; gradually *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent body=Patient into shape=Result |
| 2 | **push through** | gerund |  |  |  |  | then | through *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By stretching out along the cold shaft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e1:o2:1
# text = By stretching out along the cold shaft
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	shaft	shaft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch out** | gerund |  |  |  | the cold shaft |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along shaft=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By pushing the whole mountain aside and crawling inside through the great hole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e1:o3:1
# text = By pushing the whole mountain aside and crawling inside through the great hole
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	crawling	crawl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | gerund |  | the whole mountain |  |  |  | aside *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme |
| 2 | **crawl** | gerund |  |  |  | the great hole |  | inside *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hole=Trajectory |

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

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By contracting her body to great length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e1:o4:1
# text = By contracting her body to great length
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	contracting	contract	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contract** | gerund |  | her body |  |  |  | to great length *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent body=Patient to length=Result |

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