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title: In what manner did the golden rod's transformation facilitate the pr… — Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the golden rod's transformation facilitate the prince's ascent to the city? Exam question 2 of lesson 691 «Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ring to the world's end and finds a queen who wakes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ri…

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In what manner did the golden rod's transformation facilitate the prince's ascent to the city?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** transformation, golden rod · **What happens:** do, facilitate, transform · **To what, where:** manner, ascent

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 691 «Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ring to the world's end and finds a queen who wakes» 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/691-pg2435-part31/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the golden rod's transformation facilitate the prince's ascent to the city?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	facilitate	facilitate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	ascent	ascent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **facilitate** | infinitive | the golden rod's transformation | the prince's ascent |  |  |  | to the city | tree rules |
| 3 | **transform** |  | the golden rod |  |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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It grew long, bright, and strong, and turned into a golden staircase for him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e2:o1:1
# text = It grew long, bright, and strong, and turned into a golden staircase for him
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | It |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | past |  |  |  | a golden staircase |  | for him *= he* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into staircase=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It grew into a tall tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e2:o2:1
# text = It grew into a tall tree
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	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	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tree	tree	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** | past | It |  |  |  |  | into a tall tree *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into tree=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It stretched upward and became a golden ladder reaching the city's gates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e2:o3:1
# text = It stretched upward and became a golden ladder reaching the city's gates
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upward	upward	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
9	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | past | It |  |  |  |  | upward *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | past |  | a golden ladder |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **reach** | gerund | a golden ladder *not said here* | the city's gates |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It became a golden ladder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e2:o4:1
# text = It became a golden ladder
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	5	det	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | It | a golden ladder |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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