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title: what's the deal with the Queen falling over at the dance? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, Jo… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the deal with the Queen falling over at the dance? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…

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what's the deal with the Queen falling over at the dance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deal · **What happens:** be, fall over · **To what, where:** dance

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» 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/1483-pg503-part70/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t5:1
# text = what's the deal with the Queen falling over at the dance?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
9	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the deal with the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall over** | gerund | the deal with the Queen *not said here* |  |  | the dance |  | over *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at dance=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She got struck down by a sort of spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t5:o1:1
# text = She got struck down by a sort of spell
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike down** | past · passive | a sort of spell | She |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument |
| 2 | **sort** |  |  | spell |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The bridal shirt she wore had poisoned her skin and made her collapse at the dance

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t5:o2:1
# text = The bridal shirt she wore had poisoned her skin and made her collapse at the dance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	collapse	collapse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | she | the bridal shirt *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme |
| 2 | **poison** | past · perfect · passive |  | the bridal shirt |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient skin=Result |
| 3 | **make** | past |  | her collapse |  | the dance |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset collapse=Product |
| 4 | **collapse** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom collapse «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She fainted from the heat of dancing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t5:o3:1
# text = She fainted from the heat of dancing
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fainted	faint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | past | She |  |  |  |  | from the heat of dancing | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer from heat=Stimulus |
| 2 | **heat** |  | dancing |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was poisoned by the shirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t5:o4:1
# text = She was poisoned by the shirt
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  | by the shirt | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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