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title: lowkey, did the sea nymphs take Proserpina under the sea? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey, did the sea nymphs take Proserpina under the sea? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 2071 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres searches all night for her lost daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 3 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres se…

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lowkey, did the sea nymphs take Proserpina under the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey, sea nymphs · **What happens:** do, take · **To what, where:** Proserpina, sea

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2071 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres searches all night for her lost daughter» 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/2071-pg976-part30/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t3:1
# text = lowkey, did the sea nymphs take Proserpina under the sea?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | lowkey |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present | the sea nymphs |  | Proserpina | the sea |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument proserpina=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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no, she stayed on the sand and went back to her mother later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t3:o1:1
# text = no, she stayed on the sand and went back to her mother later
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | she |  |  | the sand |  | late *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Location |
| 2 | **go back** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to her mother *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to mother=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she left them to pick flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t3:o2:1
# text = no, she left them to pick flowers
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | she | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **pick** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | flowers |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, they took her to the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t3:o3:1
# text = yes, they took her to the sea
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | they | her *= she* |  | the sea |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sea=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, they dragged her down under the waves to their caves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t3:o4:1
# text = yes, they dragged her down under the waves to their caves
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag down** | past | they | her *= she* |  | the waves |  | to waves's caves | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to cave=Destination |

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