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title: In what manner did the youth ascend the wall to the window? — Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the youth ascend the wall to the window? Exam question 3 of lesson 1240 «Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince climbs to the princess's window» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince cl…

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In what manner did the youth ascend the wall to the window?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** do, ascend · **To what, where:** manner, wall

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1240 «Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince climbs to the princess's window» 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/1240-pg3282-part41/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:e3:1
# text = In what manner did the youth ascend the wall to the window?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ascend	ascend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ascend** | present | the youth | the wall |  |  |  | to the window | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Trajectory |

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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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By climbing the rough wall slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:e3:o1:1
# text = By climbing the rough wall slowly
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  | the rough wall |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location wall=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By grasping one projection after another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:e3:o2:1
# text = By grasping one projection after another
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grasping	grasp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	projection	projection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grasp** | gerund |  | one projection |  |  | after another |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer projection=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By using a long wooden ladder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:e3:o3:1
# text = By using a long wooden ladder
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | a long wooden ladder |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By grasping one projection after another with bare hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1240-pg3282-part41:e3:o4:1
# text = By grasping one projection after another with bare hands
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grasping	grasp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	projection	projection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grasp** | gerund |  | one projection |  |  | after another | with bare hands | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent projection=Experiencer with hand=Instrument |

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