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title: why couldn't the nymphs go on land, fr? — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: why couldn't the nymphs go on land, fr? Test 10 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 10 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins ba…

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why couldn't the nymphs go on land, fr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nymphs · **What happens:** not go · **To what, where:** land

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:t10:1
# text = why couldn't the nymphs go on land, fr?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | could | the nymphs |  |  | land and fr |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on land=Location |

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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 the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:t10:o1:1
# text = they feared the sun
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	sun	sun	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 sun |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they grow weak in dry air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:t10:o2:1
# text = they grow weak in dry air
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | they |  |  | dry air |  | weak *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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they'd get faint without the salt breeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:t10:o3:1
# text = they'd get faint without the salt breeze
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | they |  |  |  |  | without the salt breeze; faint *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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their father forbade them from ever leaving the sea waters at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:t10:o4:1
# text = their father forbade them from ever leaving the sea waters at all
1	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forbade	forbid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past | their father | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | their father *not said here* | the sea waters |  | all | ever |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent water=Theme at all=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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