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title: By what means did the prince escape from the company of the robbers? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the prince escape from the company of the robbers? Exam question 2 of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

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By what means did the prince escape from the company of the robbers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** mean, escape · **To what, where:** company

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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/173-pg128-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e2:1
# text = By what means did the prince escape from the company of the robbers?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |
| 2 | **escape** | past · do-support | the prince |  |  | the company of the robbers |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from company=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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by riding away on his horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = by riding away on his horse
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride away** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on his horse; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by sneaking off at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = by sneaking off at night
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak off** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by galloping through the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = by galloping through the gate
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	galloping	gallop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gallop** | gerund |  |  |  | the gate |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gate=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by a secret door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = by a secret door
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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