--- title: Identify the fronted adverbial in the sentence «At noon, the omnibus… — Fronted adverbials · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the fronted adverbial in the sentence «At noon, the omnibus departed». Exam question 1 of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/e1/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Fronted adverbials](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fronted adverbials Identify the fronted adverbial in the sentence «At noon, the omnibus departed». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, omnibus · **What happens:** identify, front, depart · **To what, where:** fronted adverbial, sentence · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» of the English 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/english/29-fronted-adverbials/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e1:1 # text = Identify the fronted adverbial in the sentence «At noon, the omnibus departed». 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fronted front VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 adverbial adverbial NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 At at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 omnibus omnibus NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fronted adverbial | | the sentence | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent adverbial=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **front** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **depart** *in a quote* | past | the omnibus | | | | noon | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} the omnibus ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e1:o1:1 # text = the omnibus 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 omnibus omnibus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} At noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e1:o2:1 # text = At noon 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the omnibus departed ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e1:o3:1 # text = the omnibus departed 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 omnibus omnibus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | participle | | the omnibus *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} departed ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e1:o4:1 # text = departed 1 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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