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title: Ey, how'd the Queen get her grub back then? — Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ey, how'd the Queen get her grub back then? Test 5 · ★ 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 option; M
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# Test 5 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides…

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Ey, how'd the Queen get her grub back then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ey · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** grub

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t5:1
# text = Ey, how'd the Queen get her grub back then?
1	Ey	Ey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	grub	grub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Ey and the Queen | her grub |  |  | then |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grub=Stimulus |

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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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The mouse fetched a feast from somewhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t5:o1:1
# text = The mouse fetched a feast from somewhere
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | past | the mouse | a feast |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feast=Theme from somewhere=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It nicked some bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t5:o2:1
# text = It nicked some bread
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | It | some bread |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument bread=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A rat brought it up somehow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t5:o3:1
# text = A rat brought it up somehow
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	somehow	somehow	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring up** | past | a rat | it |  |  |  | somehow *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The gaoler gave it back, dunno

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t5:o4:1
# text = The gaoler gave it back, dunno
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	dunno	dunno	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give back** | past | the gaoler | it |  |  |  | dunno *obl* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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