--- title: What became of Uncle James at the moment the dragon shrank? — Nine Unlikely Tales, The Dragon of Rot… · tree and pragmatics description: What became of Uncle James at the moment the dragon shrank? Exam question 3 of lesson 639 «Nine Unlikely Tales, The Dragon of Rotundia: the dragon is wound up on the pillar, the island spins, and everyone changes size» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/639-pg23661-part7/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Nine Unlikely Tales, The Dragon of Rot…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/639-pg23661-part7/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Nine Unlikely Tales, The Dragon of Rotundia: the dragon is… What became of Uncle James at the moment the dragon shrank? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** become, shrink · **To what, where:** moment This is exam question 3 of lesson 639 «Nine Unlikely Tales, The Dragon of Rotundia: the dragon is wound up on the pillar, the island spins, and everyone changes size» 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/639-pg23661-part7/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:639-pg23661-part7:e3:1 # text = What became of Uncle James at the moment the dragon shrank? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 shrank shrink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | | | | | moment | of Uncle James | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **shrink** | past | the dragon | the moment *not said here* | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent moment=Patient | 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} he turned into a small frog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:639-pg23661-part7:e3:o1:1 # text = he turned into a small frog 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | he | | | | | into a small frog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into frog=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was turned into a tiny rabbit and fled the stage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:639-pg23661-part7:e3:o2:1 # text = he was turned into a tiny rabbit and fled the stage 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stage stage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past · passive | | he | | | | into a tiny rabbit *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into rabbit=Result | | 2 | **flee** | past | | the stage | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stage=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} he was hidden under a cloth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:639-pg23661-part7:e3:o3:1 # text = he was hidden under a cloth 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past · passive | | he | | a cloth | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient under cloth=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he became a very small magician ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:639-pg23661-part7:e3:o4:1 # text = he became a very small magician 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | he | a small magician | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | **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. 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