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title: ok so the queen's basically trying to hook her up, right? — The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwar… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok so the queen's basically trying to hook her up, right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud p…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ok so the queen's basically trying to hook her up, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** queen · **What happens:** try, hook up · **To what, where:** queen

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» 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/1421-pg503-part8/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t2:1
# text = ok so the queen's basically trying to hook her up, right?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	hook	hook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund | the queen |  |  |  |  | basically *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hook up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | queen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she's begging her to pick a prince from the many kings who keep sending poems

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t2:o1:1
# text = yeah, she's begging her to pick a prince from the many kings who keep sending poems
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	sending	send	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	xcomp	_	_
18	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present · progressive | she |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **pick** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | a prince |  |  |  | from the many kings | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent prince=Theme from king=Source |
| 3 | **keep** | present | the many kings |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **send** | gerund | the many kings *not said here* | poems |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she's begging her to pick a prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t2:o2:1
# text = yeah, she's begging her to pick a prince
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present · progressive | she |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **pick** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | a prince |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she wants a prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t2:o3:1
# text = yeah, she wants a prince
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	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | she | a prince |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, she's just chill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t2:o4:1
# text = nah, she's just chill
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	chill	chill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | chill *property* | tree rules |

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