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title: The Queen dropped her wand and the cottage went from broke to bussin'. — White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic w… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Queen dropped her wand and the cottage went from broke to bussin'. Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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 4 · ★ · White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace…

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The Queen dropped her wand and the cottage went from broke to bussin'.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen, cottage · **What happens:** drop, go, break · **To what, where:** wand

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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/1450-pg503-part37/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t4:1
# text = The Queen dropped her wand and the cottage went from broke to bussin'.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	bussin	bussin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | the Queen | Queen's wand |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | the cottage |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **break** | past | the cottage *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to bussin *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to bussin=Result |

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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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Went from broke to bussin' with golden walls and fountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t4:o1:1
# text = Went from broke to bussin' with golden walls and fountains
1	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bussin	bussin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to bussin *result*; with golden walls and fountains | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Agent to bussin=Result with wall=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Turned from poor to rich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t4:o2:1
# text = Turned from poor to rich
1	Turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | participle |  |  |  | poor |  | to rich *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from poor=Initial\_State to rich=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Went from broke to bussin'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t4:o3:1
# text = Went from broke to bussin'
1	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bussin	bussin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to bussin *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to bussin=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cottage went from broke to bussin' overnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:t4:o4:1
# text = The cottage went from broke to bussin' overnight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
5	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bussin	bussin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the cottage *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | past | the cottage |  |  |  |  | to bussin *result*; overnight *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to bussin=Result |

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