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title: fam, how long was the princess stuck in that tower with only a parro… — Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince… · tree and pragmatics
description: fam, how long was the princess stuck in that tower with only a parrot and a dog for mates Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1453 «Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's head and the spell breaks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fam, how long was the princess stuck in that tower with only a parrot and a dog for mates

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tower

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1453 «Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's head and the spell breaks» 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/1453-pg503-part40/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:t5:1
# text = fam, how long was the princess stuck in that tower with only a parrot and a dog for mates
1	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the princess |  |  | that tower with a parrot and a dog |  | for mates; long, stuck *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for years on end, till she was grown up and ready to marry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:t5:o1:1
# text = for years on end, till she was grown up and ready to marry
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | past · passive |  | she |  |  | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
years and years, till she was grown up and could leave the tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:t5:o2:1
# text = years and years, till she was grown up and could leave the tower
1	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | past · passive |  | she |  |  | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | could |  | the tower |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
years, till she was grown up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:t5:o3:1
# text = years, till she was grown up
1	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | past · passive |  | she |  |  | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
about eighteen years in all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1453-pg503-part40:t5:o4:1
# text = about eighteen years in all
1	about	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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