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title: Mate, why's the Queen stuck in that manky tower? — Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, why's the Queen stuck in that manky tower? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 1 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, why's the Queen stuck in that manky tower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** manky tower

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» 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/1538-pg540-part35/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t1:1
# text = Mate, why's the Queen stuck in that manky tower?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	manky	manky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Queen |  |  | that manky tower |  | stuck *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dunno, cos the King's well nasty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t1:o1:1
# text = Dunno, cos the King's well nasty
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos the wicked King went mad and shut her up there with the baby, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t1:o2:1
# text = Cos the wicked King went mad and shut her up there with the baby, innit
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | the wicked King | her *= she* |  | there |  | with the baby and innit; mad *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos the wicked King shut her up there, and the gaoler's always watching her, like

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t1:o3:1
# text = Cos the wicked King shut her up there, and the gaoler's always watching her, like
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shut	shut	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	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	15	advmod	_	_
15	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** | past | the wicked King | her *= she* |  | there |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | the gaoler | her *= she* |  |  |  | always *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos the wicked King shut her up there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t1:o4:1
# text = Cos the wicked King shut her up there
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shut	shut	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	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** | past | the wicked King | her *= she* |  | there |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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