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title: For what reason were the sea nymphs unwilling to accompany Proserpin… — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: For what reason were the sea nymphs unwilling to accompany Proserpina onto the dry land? Exam question 4 of lesson 2068 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins back his men from the swine and sees the sea nymphs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins ba…

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For what reason were the sea nymphs unwilling to accompany Proserpina onto the dry land?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sea nymphs · **What happens:** be, unwill, accompany · **To what, where:** sea nymphs, Proserpina, dry land

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2068 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins back his men from the swine and sees the sea nymphs» 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/2068-pg976-part27/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e4:1
# text = For what reason were the sea nymphs unwilling to accompany Proserpina onto the dry land?
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	unwilling	unwill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	accompany	accompany	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the sea nymphs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **unwill** | gerund | the sea nymphs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **accompany** | to-infinitive | the sea nymphs *not said here* | Proserpina |  | the dry land |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent proserpina=Theme onto land=Destination |

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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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They feared their sea home would vanish without the salt breeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e4:o1:1
# text = They feared their sea home would vanish without the salt breeze
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	vanish	vanish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | They | their sea |  |  |  | home *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus |
| 2 | **vanish** | would |  |  |  |  |  | without the salt breeze | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They feared faintness without the salt breeze of the ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e4:o2:1
# text = They feared faintness without the salt breeze of the ocean
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faintness	faintness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | They | faintness |  |  |  | without the salt breeze of the ocean | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer faintness=Stimulus |
| 2 | **breeze** |  | the ocean |  |  |  |  |  | nom breeze «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They feared the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e4:o3:1
# text = They feared the land
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | They | the land |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They dreaded the dry land air and the heat of the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e4:o4:1
# text = They dreaded the dry land air and the heat of the sun
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dreaded	dread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dread** | past | They | the dry land air and the heat of the sun |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus |
| 2 | **heat** |  | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

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