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title: Did Narcissus actually get out of the castle? — Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Narcissus actually get out of the castle? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1882 «Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla: Melinette saves Potentilla from poison and traps Grumedan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 3 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

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Did Narcissus actually get out of the castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Narcissus · **What happens:** get out · **To what, where:** castle

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1882 «Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla: Melinette saves Potentilla from poison and traps Grumedan» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1882-pg7277-part19/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t3:1
# text = Did Narcissus actually get out of the castle?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	Narcissus	Narcissus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** | past · do-support | Narcissus | the castle |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |

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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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Nah, the clouds kept rolling him back, so he sat on the roof and sulked for ages

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t3:o1:1
# text = Nah, the clouds kept rolling him back, so he sat on the roof and sulked for ages
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	sulked	sulk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the clouds |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **roll back** | gerund | the clouds *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |
| 3 | **sit** | past | he |  |  | the roof |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location |
| 4 | **sulk** | past | the clouds *not said here* |  |  |  | for ages |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the guards caught him again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t3:o2:1
# text = Nah, the guards caught him again
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | the guards | him *= he* |  |  | again |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the clouds kept rolling him back to the castle roof, every single time he jumped

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t3:o3:1
# text = Nah, the clouds kept rolling him back to the castle roof, every single time he jumped
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
15	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the clouds |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **roll** | gerund | the clouds *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |
| 3 | **jump** | past | he |  |  |  | time |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the clouds kept rolling him back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1882-pg7277-part19:t3:o4:1
# text = Nah, the clouds kept rolling him back
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the clouds |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **roll back** | gerund | the clouds *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

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