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title: And what got left on the stairs, the thing the prince wanted? — Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Ci… · tree and pragmatics
description: And what got left on the stairs, the thing the prince wanted? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 114 «Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the feast three times, loses a golden slipper, and the prince seeks his bride; the old king makes faithful John promise to guard his son» of the books course
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the…

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And what got left on the stairs, the thing the prince wanted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** leave, want · **To what, where:** stairs, thing

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 114 «Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the feast three times, loses a golden slipper, and the prince seeks his bride; the old king makes faithful John promise to guard his son» 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/114-pg11027-part17/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:t6:1
# text = And what got left on the stairs, the thing the prince wanted?
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · passive |  |  |  | the stairs |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on stair=Location |
| 2 | **want** | past | the prince | the thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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her golden slipper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:t6:o1:1
# text = her golden slipper
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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her ribbon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:t6:o2:1
# text = her ribbon
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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her left golden slipper which fell off on the stairs as she ran

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:t6:o3:1
# text = her left golden slipper which fell off on the stairs as she ran
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | past | her left golden slipper |  |  | the stairs |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **run** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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her golden comb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:t6:o4:1
# text = her golden comb
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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