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title: Did the Princess reckon the sky would ever let her out, or nah? — Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Princess reckon the sky would ever let her out, or nah? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 9 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the Princess reckon the sky would ever let her out, or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Princess, sky · **What happens:** reckon, let out · **To what, where:** Princess

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» 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/1456-pg503-part43/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t9:1
# text = Did the Princess reckon the sky would ever let her out, or nah?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the Princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **let out** | would | the sky | Princess |  |  | ever |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She just watched the clouds and wondered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t9:o1:1
# text = She just watched the clouds and wondered
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wondered	wonder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | She | the clouds |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme |
| 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She just watched the birds and dreamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t9:o2:1
# text = She just watched the birds and dreamed
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dreamed	dream	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | She | the birds |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
| 2 | **dream** | participle | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She just watched the clouds and wondered, dreaming of freedom from the brass prison

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t9:o3:1
# text = She just watched the clouds and wondered, dreaming of freedom from the brass prison
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wondered	wonder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	dreaming	dream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | She | the clouds |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme |
| 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **dream** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  | the brass prison |  | of freedom | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She just watched the clouds drift by and wondered if she'd ever be free, bruv

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t9:o4:1
# text = She just watched the clouds drift by and wondered if she'd ever be free, bruv
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	drift	drift	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wondered	wonder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drift by** | present | the clouds |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | she |  |  |  | ever | free *property* | tree rules |

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