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title: What did the King say when the Queen wanted Graciosa? — Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the King say when the Queen wanted Graciosa? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 9 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, pa…

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What did the King say when the Queen wanted Graciosa?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King, Queen · **What happens:** do, say, want · **To what, where:** Graciosa · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» 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/1542-pg540-part39/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t9:1
# text = What did the King say when the Queen wanted Graciosa?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	Graciosa	Graciosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **want** | past | the Queen | Graciosa |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot graciosa=Theme |

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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's the Queen's now, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t9:o1:1
# text = She's the Queen's now, mate
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  | now | 's the Queen | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She belongs to her, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t9:o2:1
# text = She belongs to her, mate
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | She |  | her *= she* |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She's yours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t9:o3:1
# text = She's yours
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | yours |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She is yours to keep, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t9:o4:1
# text = She is yours to keep, mate
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | yours |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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