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title: was the prince down in the hall, or chilling upstairs? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desir… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the prince down in the hall, or chilling upstairs? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1172 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the false bride is taken to the palace and exposed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 9 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the fal…

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was the prince down in the hall, or chilling upstairs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** chill

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1172 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the false bride is taken to the palace and exposed» 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/1172-pg3027-part38/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t9:1
# text = was the prince down in the hall, or chilling upstairs?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | upstairs *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Out riding in the forest with his huntsmen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t9:o1:1
# text = Out riding in the forest with his huntsmen
1	Out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  |  |  | the forest |  | with his huntsmen; out *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Riding in the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t9:o2:1
# text = Riding in the forest
1	Riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Out in the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t9:o3:1
# text = Out in the garden
1	Out	out	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Upstairs in his rooms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t9:o4:1
# text = Upstairs in his rooms
1	Upstairs	upstairs	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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