--- title: Ascertain the grammatical function of "fast" in the sentence "He run… — Grammar puzzles, part two · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the grammatical function of "fast" in the sentence "He runs fast". Exam question 4 of lesson 36 «Grammar puzzles, part two» of the language 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/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/e4/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Grammar puzzles, part two](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grammar puzzles, part two Ascertain the grammatical function of "fast" in the sentence "He runs fast". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, He · **What happens:** ascertain, run · **To what, where:** grammatical function, sentence · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 36 «Grammar puzzles, part two» of the language 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/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the grammatical function of "fast" in the sentence "He runs fast". 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 grammatical grammatical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 15 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the grammatical function of fast | | the sentence | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** *in a quote* | present | He | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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} Noun ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e4:o1:1 # text = Noun 1 Noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Adverb ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e4:o2:1 # text = Adverb 1 Adverb adverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Adjective ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e4:o3:1 # text = Adjective 1 Adjective adjective NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Verb ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:e4:o4:1 # text = Verb 1 Verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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