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title: Skint queen, no bees around, so wat did she do? — Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Skint queen, no bees around, so wat did she do? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1179 «Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to a gloomy palace, and frogs help her make a bee-sting pasty and build a cabin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to…

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Skint queen, no bees around, so wat did she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wat · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Skint queen

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1179 «Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to a gloomy palace, and frogs help her make a bee-sting pasty and build a cabin» 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/1179-pg3027-part45/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t8:1
# text = Skint queen, no bees around, so wat did she do?
1	Skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	around	around	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	wat	wat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | wat | Skint queen  no bees *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality |

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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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Built a new cabin deep in the dark forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t8:o1:1
# text = Built a new cabin deep in the dark forest
1	Built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	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 | **build** | past |  | a new cabin |  | the dark forest |  | deep *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cabin=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Begged the lion for food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t8:o2:1
# text = Begged the lion for food
1	Begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past |  |  | the lion |  |  | for food | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent lion=Recipient for food=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sent a letter to her husband asking for gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t8:o3:1
# text = Sent a letter to her husband asking for gold
1	Sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past |  | a letter | her husband |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to husband=Destination |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for gold | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Asked the frog for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t8:o4:1
# text = Asked the frog for help
1	Asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past |  |  | the frog |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent frog=Recipient |

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