--- title: In what manner did the mice regard the tree's account of its youth? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree,… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the mice regard the tree's account of its youth? Exam question 2 of lesson 826 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is thrown out and its gold star is pulled off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/826-pg27200-part37/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/826-pg27200-part37/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is… In what manner did the mice regard the tree's account of its youth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mice, tree · **What happens:** do, regard, account · **To what, where:** manner, account, youth This is exam question 2 of lesson 826 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is thrown out and its gold star is pulled off» 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/826-pg27200-part37/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e2:1 # text = In what manner did the mice regard the tree's account of its youth? 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 6 det _ _ 6 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 regard regard VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | what manner | | | tree rules | | 2 | **regard** | present | the mice | the tree's account of account's youth | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme | | 3 | **account** | | the tree | account's youth | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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} with delight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e2:o1:1 # text = with delight 1 with with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} with some interest and care ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e2:o2:1 # text = with some interest and care 1 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} with much surprise and fear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e2:o3:1 # text = with much surprise and fear 1 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} with great attention and delight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e2:o4:1 # text = with great attention and delight 1 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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