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title: What did the courtiers do to the bird, dead sneaky? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Tr… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the courtiers do to the bird, dead sneaky? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1189 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Test 8 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the bo…

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What did the courtiers do to the bird, dead sneaky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** courtiers · **What happens:** do

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1189 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird» 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/1189-pg3027-part55/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t8:1
# text = What did the courtiers do to the bird, dead sneaky?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the courtiers |  |  |  |  | to the bird | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Nabbed her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t8:o1:1
# text = Nabbed her
1	Nabbed	nab	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nab** | participle |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Got cages ready

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t8:o2:1
# text = Got cages ready
1	Got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	cages	cage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | cages |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cage=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Made cages and nets to grab her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t8:o3:1
# text = Made cages and nets to grab her
1	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	cages	cage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	nets	net	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **grab** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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

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Got cages and poison ready to nab her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t8:o4:1
# text = Got cages and poison ready to nab her
1	Got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	cages	cage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	nab	nab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | cages and poison |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cage=Stimulus |
| 2 | **nab** | to-infinitive | cages and poison *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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