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title: What did the sailors perceive as they climbed the cliff? — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the sailors perceive as they climbed the cliff? Exam question 4 of lesson 2063 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors follow the smell of roast meat up to the palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors…

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What did the sailors perceive as they climbed the cliff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sailors · **What happens:** do, perceive, climb · **To what, where:** cliff

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2063 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors follow the smell of roast meat up to the 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/2063-pg976-part22/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e4:1
# text = What did the sailors perceive as they climbed the cliff?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	perceive	perceive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **perceive** | present | the sailors |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **climb** | past | sailors *= sailor* | the cliff |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location cliff=Theme |

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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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The white marble towers of the palace rising above the trees, glittering in the midday sun and seeming unreal

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e4:o1:1
# text = The white marble towers of the palace rising above the trees, glittering in the midday sun and seeming unreal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	above	above	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	glittering	glitter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	seeming	seem	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	_
20	unreal	unreal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | gerund | the palace *not said here* |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above tree=Location |
| 2 | **glitter** | gerund | the palace *not said here* |  |  | the midday sun |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location |
| 3 | **seem** | gerund | the palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unreal *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The palace roofs and the sound of a distant feast over the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e4:o2:1
# text = The palace roofs and the sound of a distant feast over the hill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The shining towers beyond the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e4:o3:1
# text = The shining towers beyond the wood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shining	shining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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The white marble towers of the palace rising above the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e4:o4:1
# text = The white marble towers of the palace rising above the trees
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	above	above	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | gerund | the palace *not said here* |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above tree=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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