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title: In what manner did the young merchant proceed upon his journey? — Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the young merchant proceed upon his journey? Exam question 4 of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh…

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In what manner did the young merchant proceed upon his journey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** young merchant, merchant · **What happens:** proceed, journey · **To what, where:** manner

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» 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/906-pg27200-part117/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e4:1
# text = In what manner did the young merchant proceed upon his journey?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past · do-support | the young merchant |  |  | what manner |  | upon merchant's journey | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **journey** |  | merchant |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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Walking alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e4:o1:1
# text = Walking alone
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Riding quietly at the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e4:o2:1
# text = Riding quietly at the back
1	Riding	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Marching with the camels in silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e4:o3:1
# text = Marching with the camels in silence
1	Marching	march	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | gerund |  |  |  | silence |  | with the camels | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in silence=Trajectory |

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

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Riding pensively with the caravan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e4:o4:1
# text = Riding pensively with the caravan
1	Riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	pensively	pensively	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the caravan; pensively *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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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