--- title: Mate, the Queen said she burnt her flax, yeah? Was that dodgy or what? — Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, the Queen said she burnt her flax, yeah? Was that dodgy or what? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1524 «Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell danger for Rosette» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1524-pg540-part21/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1524-pg540-part21/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell da… Mate, the Queen said she burnt her flax, yeah? Was that dodgy or what? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** say, burnt · **To what, where:** flax · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1524 «Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell danger for Rosette» 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/1524-pg540-part21/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate, the Queen said she burnt her flax, yeah? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1524-pg540-part21:t2:1 # text = Mate, the Queen said she burnt her flax, yeah? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 burnt burnt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | | | | | Mate *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **burnt** | past | Queen | Queen's flax | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Was that dodgy or what? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1524-pg540-part21:t2:2 # text = Was that dodgy or what? 1 Was was ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dodgy dodgy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nah, it was all true, the flax burned and the King went up the garret ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1524-pg540-part21:t2:o1:1 # text = Nah, it was all true, the flax burned and the King went up the garret 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 garret garret NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | all, true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **burn** | past | the flax | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go up** | past | the King | the garret | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Dead dodgy, the King knew she was lying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1524-pg540-part21:t2:o2:1 # text = Dead dodgy, the King knew she was lying 1 Dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 dodgy dodgy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 _ _ 9 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **lie** | past · progressive | she | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Dead dodgy, the King knew she was lying and he was well annoyed about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1524-pg540-part21:t2:o3:1 # text = Dead dodgy, the King knew she was lying and he was well annoyed about it 1 Dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 dodgy dodgy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 _ _ 9 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 15 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **lie** | past · progressive | she | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | King | | | | | about it; annoyed, well *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dodgy but the King believed her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1524-pg540-part21:t2:o4:1 # text = Dodgy but the King believed her 1 Dodgy dodgy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | the King | her *= she* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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