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title: Ayy, what happened when the mouse started talking? — Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayy, what happened when the mouse started talking? Test 11 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 11 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides…

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Ayy, what happened when the mouse started talking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ayy, mouse · **What happens:** happen, start, talk

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t11:1
# text = Ayy, what happened when the mouse started talking?
1	Ayy	Ayy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | Ayy |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **start** | past | the mouse |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **talk** | gerund | the mouse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «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 {#o1}

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It turned into the fairy from before, all glowing and lovely, and then it flew off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t11:o1:1
# text = It turned into the fairy from before, all glowing and lovely, and then it flew off
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
10	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	off	off	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | It |  |  |  |  | into the fairy *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Patient into fairy=Result from before=Initial\_State |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund | all |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fly off** | past | fairy |  |  |  | then |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It turned into the fairy from before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t11:o2:1
# text = It turned into the fairy from before
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | It |  |  |  |  | into the fairy *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Patient into fairy=Result from before=Initial\_State |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It turned back into a rat, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t11:o3:1
# text = It turned back into a rat, bruv
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn back** | past | It |  |  | a rat and bruv |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It turned into the fairy from before, the one who'd visited the King, and was tall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t11:o4:1
# text = It turned into the fairy from before, the one who'd visited the King, and was tall
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	visited	visit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | It |  |  |  |  | into the fairy *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Patient into fairy=Result from before=Initial\_State |
| 2 | **visit** | past · perfect | the one | the King |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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