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description: In what manner did the Princess progress across the precipice that she could not leap? Exam question 3 of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…

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In what manner did the Princess progress across the precipice that she could not leap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** do, not leap · **To what, where:** Princess progress, manner, precipice

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» 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/1529-pg540-part26/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e3:1
# text = In what manner did the Princess progress across the precipice that she could not leap?
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	7	det	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	precipice	precipice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	leap	leap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Princess progress |  | what manner |  | across the precipice | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent progress=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **leap** | could | she | the precipice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme precipice=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 {#o1}

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by sliding down on her back, using her staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e3:o1:1
# text = by sliding down on her back, using her staff
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sliding	slide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide down** | gerund |  |  |  | her back |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory |
| 2 | **use** | gerund |  | her staff |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by crawling on hands and knees, aided by her staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e3:o2:1
# text = by crawling on hands and knees, aided by her staff
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	crawling	crawl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	aided	aid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | gerund |  |  |  | hands and knees |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Trajectory |
| 2 | **aid** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by her staff | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by crawling on her hands and knees all the way round the edge, helped along by her steel staff

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e3:o3:1
# text = by crawling on her hands and knees all the way round the edge, helped along by her steel staff
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	crawling	crawl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	round	round	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	helped	help	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
16	along	along	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | gerund |  |  |  | her hands and knees |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Trajectory |
| 2 | **help along** | participle |  | all way round the edge *not said here* |  |  |  | along *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by creeping forward on hands and feet with her staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e3:o4:1
# text = by creeping forward on hands and feet with her staff
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	creeping	creep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep** | gerund |  |  |  | hands and feet |  | with her staff; forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Trajectory |

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