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title: Why did the Queen get all teary, mate? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Queen get all teary, mate? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1539 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy saves the Queen and finds Delicia as a turkey-maiden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…

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Why did the Queen get all teary, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1539 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy saves the Queen and finds Delicia as a turkey-maiden» 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/1539-pg540-part36/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t10:1
# text = Why did the Queen get all teary, mate?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	teary	teary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · do-support | the Queen |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; all, teary *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She got sad 'cos Delicia was a farm girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t10:o1:1
# text = She got sad 'cos Delicia was a farm girl
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Delicia | a farm girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She got all teary over Delicia being a turkey-maiden, poor thing, living in the yard

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t10:o2:1
# text = She got all teary over Delicia being a turkey-maiden, poor thing, living in the yard
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	teary	teary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
6	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
9	turkey	turkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She |  |  |  |  | teary *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | Delicia |  |  | a maiden poor thing |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the yard | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in yard=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She got sad over Delicia being a turkey-maiden stuck in the poultry-yard all those years

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t10:o3:1
# text = She got sad over Delicia being a turkey-maiden stuck in the poultry-yard all those years
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
8	turkey	turkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	poultry	poultry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	19	det:predet	_	_
18	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She |  |  | Delicia |  | sad *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over delicia=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in a maiden stuck poultry yard and all years | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She got sad over Delicia being a turkey-maiden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:t10:o4:1
# text = She got sad over Delicia being a turkey-maiden
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	turkey	turkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  | Delicia |  | maiden *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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