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title: Why did the Queen run out of her tower? — Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Queen run out of her tower? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her t…

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Why did the Queen run out of her tower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** do, run · **To what, where:** tower

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» 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/1449-pg503-part36/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t9:1
# text = Why did the Queen run out of her tower?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | present | the Queen |  |  | Queen's tower |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out tower=Trajectory |

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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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The King wanted her to have a son and heir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t9:o1:1
# text = The King wanted her to have a son and heir
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the King | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | a son and heir |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The King had threatened her and wanted her to have a son, so she ran from the tower in the night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t9:o2:1
# text = The King had threatened her and wanted her to have a son, so she ran from the tower in the night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	threatened	threaten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threaten** | past · perfect · passive |  | the King |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer she=Result |
| 2 | **want** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | a son |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient |
| 4 | **run** | past | she |  |  | the tower | night |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tower=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The King wanted her to have a son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t9:o3:1
# text = The King wanted her to have a son
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the King | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | a son |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The King wanted her to have a daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t9:o4:1
# text = The King wanted her to have a daughter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the King | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | a daughter |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |

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