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title: Real talk, what did the cat do in the Queen's lap? — pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 4… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what did the cat do in the Queen's lap? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 13 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is t…

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Real talk, what did the cat do in the Queen's lap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real talk · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** cat, lap

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to sea» 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/1462-pg503-part49/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t13:1
# text = Real talk, what did the cat do in the Queen's lap?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Real talk | the cat |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | Real talk |  |  | the Queen's lap |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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She purred and sang and then leapt out of the window onto the lawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t13:o1:1
# text = She purred and sang and then leapt out of the window onto the lawn
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	purred	purr	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	leapt	leapt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purr** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **leapt out** | infinitive | She *not said here* | the window |  | the lawn | then |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Purred loudly and cuddled close

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t13:o2:1
# text = Purred loudly and cuddled close
1	Purred	purr	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	cuddled	cuddle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
5	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purr** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cuddle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She climbed onto the royal bed and purred until the morning light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t13:o3:1
# text = She climbed onto the royal bed and purred until the morning light
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	purred	purr	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	until	until	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past | She |  |  | the royal bed |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto bed=Trajectory |
| 2 | **purr** | participle | She *not said here* |  |  |  | until the morning light |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Purred and sang herself to sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t13:o4:1
# text = Purred and sang herself to sleep
1	Purred	purr	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purr** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past |  | herself *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location herself=Theme |
| 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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