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title: Bro, why was the King so mad when he rolled up? — Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, why was the King so mad when he rolled up? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 2 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an…

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Bro, why was the King so mad when he rolled up?

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

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» 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/1429-pg503-part16/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t2:1
# text = Bro, why was the King so mad when he rolled up?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **roll up** | past | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Nobody would spill the tea about what happened to the royal kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t2:o1:1
# text = Nobody would spill the tea about what happened to the royal kids
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	spill	spill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | would | Nobody | the tea |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the royal kids | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because the whole court had gone quiet and nobody would say a word to him about it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t2:o2:1
# text = Because the whole court had gone quiet and nobody would say a word to him about it
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · perfect | the whole court |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | nobody | a word | court |  |  | about word | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to he=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody would spill the tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t2:o3:1
# text = Nobody would spill the tea
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	spill	spill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | would | Nobody | the tea |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone ignored his orders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t2:o4:1
# text = Everyone ignored his orders
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | past | Everyone | his orders |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 2 | **order** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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