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title: no cap, how'd the fairy get there so fast? — Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the W… · tree and pragmatics
description: no cap, how'd the fairy get there so fast? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1427 «Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Princess pricks her hand, falls asleep, and wakes when a Prince finds her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 9 · ★ · Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Pr…

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no cap, how'd the fairy get there so fast?

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

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1427 «Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Princess pricks her hand, falls asleep, and wakes when a Prince finds her» 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/1427-pg503-part14/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t9:1
# text = no cap, how'd the fairy get there so fast?
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | no cap and the fairy |  |  | there |  | fast *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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a huge fiery chariot pulled by twelve dragons over the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t9:o1:1
# text = a huge fiery chariot pulled by twelve dragons over the sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | a huge fiery chariot *not said here* |  | the sea |  | by twelve dragons | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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flying carpet with a swan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t9:o2:1
# text = flying carpet with a swan
1	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  | carpet |  |  |  | with a swan | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carpet=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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she flew on a golden chariot pulled by fierce dragons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t9:o3:1
# text = she flew on a golden chariot pulled by fierce dragons
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | she |  |  | a golden chariot |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on chariot=Location |
| 2 | **pull** | participle |  | a golden chariot *not said here* |  |  |  | by fierce dragons | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fiery chariot with dragons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t9:o4:1
# text = fiery chariot with dragons
1	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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