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title: Who nicked the Princess right off her mum's arms? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who nicked the Princess right off her mum's arms? Test 5 · ★ 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 and of each option; M
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# Test 5 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wed…

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Who nicked the Princess right off her mum's arms?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** nick · **To what, where:** Princess, arms

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t5:1
# text = Who nicked the Princess right off her mum's arms?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	nicked	nick	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	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past |  | the Princess |  | Princess's mum's arms |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent princess=Theme off arm=Source |

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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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Some ugly little Dwarf, riding off on his huge cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t5:o1:1
# text = Some ugly little Dwarf, riding off on his huge cat
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride off** | gerund | ugly little Dwarf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on Dwarf's huge cat | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Yellow Dwarf, riding off on his massive cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t5:o2:1
# text = The Yellow Dwarf, riding off on his massive cat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride off** | gerund | the Yellow Dwarf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on Dwarf's massive cat | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Yellow Dwarf, on his cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t5:o3:1
# text = The Yellow Dwarf, on his cat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Yellow Dwarf, on foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:t5:o4:1
# text = The Yellow Dwarf, on foot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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