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title: Ooh, so the queen grabbed the side and dropped the reins? — Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ooh, so the queen grabbed the side and dropped the reins? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste…

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Ooh, so the queen grabbed the side and dropped the reins?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ooh · **What happens:** grab, drop · **To what, where:** side, reins

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» 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/1178-pg3027-part44/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t7:1
# text = Ooh, so the queen grabbed the side and dropped the reins?
1	Ooh	Ooh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | Ooh | the side |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme |
| 2 | **drop** | past | Ooh *not said here* | the reins |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rein=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was bricking it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she was bricking it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bricking	brick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brick** | past · progressive | she | it |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she held on tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t7:o2:1
# text = Nah, she held on tight
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold on** | past | she |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she clung on to the side for dear life and let go of the reins, proper scared

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t7:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she clung on to the side for dear life and let go of the reins, proper scared
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	clung	cling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
19	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cling on** | past | she |  |  |  |  | to the side for dear life | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to side=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the reins | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of rein=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was calm and cool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t7:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she was calm and cool
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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