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title: Why's the Queen so gutted at the end? — West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bell… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why's the Queen so gutted at the end? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · ★ · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…

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Why's the Queen so gutted at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** be, gut · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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/1516-pg540-part13/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t4:1
# text = Why's the Queen so gutted at the end?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	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	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | participle | the Queen |  |  |  | at the end |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She wanted the lad in her power too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t4:o1:1
# text = She wanted the lad in her power too
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | the lad |  | her power |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lad=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She wanted the youngest in her power too, and her plan failed badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t4:o2:1
# text = She wanted the youngest in her power too, and her plan failed badly
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | the youngest |  | her power |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot young=Theme |
| 2 | **fail** | past | her plan |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **plan** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She wanted the youngest in trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t4:o3:1
# text = She wanted the youngest in trouble
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | the youngest |  | trouble |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot young=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cos she wanted all three of the princes locked up in her power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:t4:o4:1
# text = Cos she wanted all three of the princes locked up in her power
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | all three of the princes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot three=Theme |
| 2 | **lock up** | participle |  | the princes *not said here* |  | her power |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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