--- title: In what manner did Laili, in pursuit of the prince, come to be conve… — Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, par… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did Laili, in pursuit of the prince, come to be conveyed across the river by the Rohu fish? Exam question 2 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick… In what manner did Laili, in pursuit of the prince, come to be conveyed across the river by the Rohu fish? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rohu fish · **What happens:** do, come, convey, pursue · **To what, where:** Laili, manner, river, prince This is exam question 2 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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/1826-pg7128-part10/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e2:1 # text = In what manner did Laili, in pursuit of the prince, come to be conveyed across the river by the Rohu fish? 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 Laili Laili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 17 across across ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Rohu Rohu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | Laili | | what manner | | in pursuit of the prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laili=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **convey** | to-infinitive · passive | the Rohu fish | | | the river | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pursue** | | | the prince | | | | | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} By hitching a ride on a boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e2:o1:1 # text = By hitching a ride on a boat 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hitching hitch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hitch** | gerund | | a ride | | | | on a boat | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ride=Patient on boat=Co-Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} By entering its stomach while it yawned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e2:o2:1 # text = By entering its stomach while it yawned 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 yawned yawn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | gerund | | its stomach | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stomach=Destination | | 2 | **yawn** | past | stomach | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} By swimming beside it when it slept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e2:o3:1 # text = By swimming beside it when it slept 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 beside beside ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | gerund | | | | it | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside it=Trajectory | | 2 | **sleep** | past | it | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} By swimming across ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e2:o4:1 # text = By swimming across 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 across across ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | gerund | | | | | | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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