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title: To what elevation did Prince Firouz Schah ascend before he resolved… — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what elevation did Prince Firouz Schah ascend before he resolved to descend? Exam question 2 of lesson 222 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince flies away and lands in a princess's palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince fli…

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To what elevation did Prince Firouz Schah ascend before he resolved to descend?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elevation, Firouz · **What happens:** do, ascend, resolve, descend

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 222 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince flies away and lands in a princess's 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/222-pg128-part62/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e2:1
# text = To what elevation did Prince Firouz Schah ascend before he resolved to descend?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	elevation	elevation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:desc	_	_
6	Firouz	Firouz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	Schah	Schah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	ascend	ascend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	descend	descend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | elevation |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ascend** | present | Firouz  Prince |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **resolve** | past | Firouz |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **descend** | to-infinitive | Firouz *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Until the rivers below looked like threads of silk on the valley floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e2:o1:1
# text = Until the rivers below looked like threads of silk on the valley floor
1	Until	until	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	below	below	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past |  |  |  |  | until the rivers | like threads of silk; on the valley floor; below *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on floor=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Until the sea could not be seen from the peaks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e2:o2:1
# text = Until the sea could not be seen from the peaks
1	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	peaks	peak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | could · passive |  | the sea |  | the peaks |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

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

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Until the mountains could not be distinguished from the plains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e2:o3:1
# text = Until the mountains could not be distinguished from the plains
1	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **distinguish** | could · passive |  | the mountains |  |  |  | from the plains | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme from plain=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Until he rose beyond the reach of the eagles and could see the whole world spread out beneath the horse for many miles around

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:222-pg128-part62:e2:o4:1
# text = Until he rose beyond the reach of the eagles and could see the whole world spread out beneath the horse for many miles around
1	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
24	around	around	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | he |  |  | the reach of the eagles |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beyond reach=Location |
| 2 | **see** | could | he *not said here* | the whole world |  |  |  | around *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus |
| 3 | **spread out** | participle |  | the whole world *not said here* |  |  |  | beneath the horse; for many miles | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath horse=Location |

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