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title: so the palace was like castles in the clouds, yeah? — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the palace was like castles in the clouds, yeah? Test 9 · ★ 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 and of each 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the palace was like castles in the clouds, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** clouds

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This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:t9:1
# text = so the palace was like castles in the clouds, yeah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the clouds |  | like castles | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, like castles you see by moonlight, but made of ice and dead cold mist

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, like castles you see by moonlight, but made of ice and dead cold mist
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | you |  |  |  |  | like castles; by moonlight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **make** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of ice and dead cold mist | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, more like a fancy farm, dead ordinary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:t9:o2:1
# text = Nah, more like a fancy farm, dead ordinary
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, like clouds up top, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, like clouds up top, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, like castles you see by moonlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, like castles you see by moonlight
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | you |  |  |  |  | like castles; by moonlight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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