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title: how high was the prince up in the sky — Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of… · tree and pragmatics
description: how high was the prince up in the sky Test 7 · ★ of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how high was the prince up in the sky

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** high prince, sky

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» 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/934-pg27200-part145/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t7:1
# text = how high was the prince up in the sky
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the high prince |  | the sky |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
higher than any bird, higher than the mountains, so high the wind had to hold him up, proper high, dude

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t7:o1:1
# text = higher than any bird, higher than the mountains, so high the wind had to hold him up, proper high, dude
1	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	advcl	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the wind |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold up** | to-infinitive | the wind *not said here* | wind |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
above the clouds, proper high, dude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t7:o2:1
# text = above the clouds, proper high, dude
1	above	above	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
above the clouds so high that he could see the whole world below him like a painted map, dude

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t7:o3:1
# text = above the clouds so high that he could see the whole world below him like a painted map, dude
1	above	above	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	below	below	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | could | he | the whole world |  |  |  | below him *= he* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
way over the clouds, super high, dude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t7:o4:1
# text = way over the clouds, super high, dude
1	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	super	super	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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