--- title: By what means did the Prince ascend the tower in which Rapunzel was… — Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the Prince ascend the tower in which Rapunzel was confined? Exam question 1 of lesson 1568 «Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then falls ill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/e1/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1568-pg540-part65/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard ord… By what means did the Prince ascend the tower in which Rapunzel was confined? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, ascend, confine · **To what, where:** Prince, tower, Rapunzel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 1568 «Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then falls ill» 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/1568-pg540-part65/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e1:1 # text = By what means did the Prince ascend the tower in which Rapunzel was confined? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 ascend ascend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 12 Rapunzel Rapunzel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 confined confine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | the Prince | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality | | 3 | **ascend** | present | | the tower | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tower=Trajectory | | 4 | **confine** | past · passive | | Rapunzel | | the tower | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} by climbing her plaited hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e1:o1:1 # text = by climbing her plaited hair 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 climbing climb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 plaited plait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | gerund | | her plaited hair | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hair=Theme | | 2 | **plait** | participle | | | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} by climbing up the thick plaited hair that hung from the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e1:o2:1 # text = by climbing up the thick plaited hair that hung from the window 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 climbing climb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 plaited plait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | gerund | | the thick plaited hair | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hair=Theme | | 2 | **plait** | participle | | | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hang** | past | the thick plaited hair | | | the window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} by climbing the ivy on the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e1:o3:1 # text = by climbing the ivy on the wall 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 4 det _ _ 4 ivy ivy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | gerund | | the ivy | | the wall | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location ivy=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} by riding a horse up the stairs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e1:o4:1 # text = by riding a horse up the stairs 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | gerund | | a horse | | the stairs | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme up stair=Trajectory | **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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