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title: In what manner did the reader interpret the presence of the flower w… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snowdrop:… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the reader interpret the presence of the flower within the volume? Exam question 1 of lesson 987 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snowdrop: a flower kept in a book, five brothers, and a street that builds a house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snowdrop: a flower kept in a b…

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In what manner did the reader interpret the presence of the flower within the volume?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reader · **What happens:** interpret · **To what, where:** presence, manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 987 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snowdrop: a flower kept in a book, five brothers, and a street that builds a house» 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/987-pg27200-part198/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:987-pg27200-part198:e1:1
# text = In what manner did the reader interpret the presence of the flower within the volume?
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	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	interpret	interpret	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	within	within	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **interpret** | past · do-support | the reader | the presence of the flower |  | what manner |  | within the volume | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent presence=Theme |

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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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As a forgotten bit of litter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:987-pg27200-part198:e1:o1:1
# text = As a forgotten bit of litter
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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As an accidental pressed leaf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:987-pg27200-part198:e1:o2:1
# text = As an accidental pressed leaf
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	accidental	accidental	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | participle | a accidental *not said here* | leaf |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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As an intended token bearing meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:987-pg27200-part198:e1:o3:1
# text = As an intended token bearing meaning
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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As a bookmark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:987-pg27200-part198:e1:o4:1
# text = As a bookmark
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bookmark	bookmark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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