--- title: Describe the action taken by Rhiannon upon learning of Pryderi's mis… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Describe the action taken by Rhiannon upon learning of Pryderi's misfortune. Exam question 4 of lesson 1332 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryderi's hands stick to a golden bowl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1332-pg3454-part57/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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1332-pg3454-part57/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryde… Describe the action taken by Rhiannon upon learning of Pryderi's misfortune. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, take · **To what, where:** action This is exam question 4 of lesson 1332 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryderi's hands stick to a golden bowl» 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/1332-pg3454-part57/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e4:1 # text = Describe the action taken by Rhiannon upon learning of Pryderi's misfortune. 1 Describe describe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Rhiannon Rhiannon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 learning learning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 Pryderi Pryderi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the action | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme | | 2 | **take** | participle | | the action *not said here* | | | | by Rhiannon; upon learning of Pryderi's misfortune | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} she rode to the castle hall through the wide meadow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e4:o1:1 # text = she rode to the castle hall through the wide meadow 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | she | | | the wide meadow | | to the castle hall | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to hall=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} she went to the castle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e4:o2:1 # text = she went to the castle 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | she | | | the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} she proceeded to the castle through the open gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e4:o3:1 # text = she proceeded to the castle through the open gate 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proceed** | past | she | | | the open gate | | to the castle | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} she sent her men ahead to search for the boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e4:o4:1 # text = she sent her men ahead to search for the boy 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | she | her men | | | | ahead *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **search** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | for the boy | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for boy=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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