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title: Oi, what was the King actually doing in them gardens with the Prince… — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, what was the King actually doing in them gardens with the Princess? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1423 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wedding is spoiled and Bellissima is stolen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 1 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wed…

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Oi, what was the King actually doing in them gardens with the Princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** gardens

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1423 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wedding is spoiled and Bellissima is stolen» 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/1423-pg503-part10/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t1:1
# text = Oi, what was the King actually doing in them gardens with the Princess?
1	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | the King |  |  | gardens |  | with the Princess; actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 {#o1}

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Dancing round the fountain, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t1:o1:1
# text = Dancing round the fountain, mate
1	Dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | gerund |  |  |  | the fountain and mate |  |  | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round fountain=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Playing cards, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t1:o2:1
# text = Playing cards, innit
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | cards and innit |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Listening to sweet music, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t1:o3:1
# text = Listening to sweet music, innit
1	Listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to sweet music and innit | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to music=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chatting about the war, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t1:o4:1
# text = Chatting about the war, innit
1	Chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about the war and innit | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about war=Topic |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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