--- title: What sentence was pronounced upon the narrator by the council? — Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lillip… · tree and pragmatics description: What sentence was pronounced upon the narrator by the council? Exam question 2 of lesson 1489 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 76: Gulliver pulls the enemy fleet, then escapes to Blefuscu» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1489-pg503-part76/e2/) [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/) / [Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lillip…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1489-pg503-part76/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 76: Gullive… What sentence was pronounced upon the narrator by the council? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** council · **What happens:** pronounce · **To what, where:** sentence This is exam question 2 of lesson 1489 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 76: Gulliver pulls the enemy fleet, then escapes to Blefuscu» 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/1489-pg503-part76/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1489-pg503-part76:e2:1 # text = What sentence was pronounced upon the narrator by the council? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 pronounced pronounce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pronounce** | past · passive | the council | sentence | | | | upon the narrator | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme what=Result | 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} being thrown into the dungeon for life without trial ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1489-pg503-part76:e2:o1:1 # text = being thrown into the dungeon for life without trial 1 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | gerund · passive | | | | | | into the dungeon *result*; for life; without trial | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: into dungeon=Result | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the loss of his hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1489-pg503-part76:e2:o2:1 # text = the loss of his hands 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the loss of his eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1489-pg503-part76:e2:o3:1 # text = the loss of his eyes 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} being burned alive before the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1489-pg503-part76:e2:o4:1 # text = being burned alive before the palace 1 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund · passive | | | | the palace | | alive *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: before palace=Location | **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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