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title: Describe the manner in which the funeral van departs and what conseq… — Picture-Book without Pictures, The Moo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the manner in which the funeral van departs and what consequences ensue along the public highway. Exam question 2 of lesson 903 «Picture-Book without Pictures, The Moon's Tales, part 114: Greenland, the old maid's coffin, Pompeii» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 2 · Picture-Book without Pictures, The Moon's Tales, part 114:…

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Describe the manner in which the funeral van departs and what consequences ensue along the public highway.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, funeral van, consequences · **What happens:** describe, depart, ensue · **To what, where:** manner, public highway

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 903 «Picture-Book without Pictures, The Moon's Tales, part 114: Greenland, the old maid's coffin, Pompeii» 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/903-pg27200-part114/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:903-pg27200-part114:e2:1
# text = Describe the manner in which the funeral van departs and what consequences ensue along the public highway.
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	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	van	van	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	departs	depart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
12	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	ensue	ensue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	along	along	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	highway	highway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **depart** | present | the funeral van |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **ensue** | present | consequences |  |  | the public highway |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along highway=Location |

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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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It departs briskly and the coffin is thrown onto the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:903-pg27200-part114:e2:o1:1
# text = It departs briskly and the coffin is thrown onto the road
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	departs	depart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	briskly	briskly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | present | It |  |  |  |  | briskly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | present · passive |  | the coffin |  | the road |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme onto road=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It speeds off quickly, and the horses bolt down the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:903-pg27200-part114:e2:o2:1
# text = It speeds off quickly, and the horses bolt down the hill
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	speeds	speed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bolt	bolt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speed off** | present | It |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bolt down** | present | the horses | the hill |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent hill=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It rolls off fast and the family follows on foot behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:903-pg27200-part114:e2:o3:1
# text = It rolls off fast and the family follows on foot behind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll off** | present | It |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | present | the family |  |  | foot |  | behind *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It departs briskly along the high-road, and the coffin is thrown out onto the road in the crash

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:903-pg27200-part114:e2:o4:1
# text = It departs briskly along the high-road, and the coffin is thrown out onto the road in the crash
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	departs	depart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	briskly	briskly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | present | It |  |  | the high road |  | briskly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along road=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **throw out** | present · passive |  | the coffin |  | the road |  | in the crash | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme onto road=Destination |

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