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title: Of what fault does the Queen falsely accuse the Princess concerning… — Blue Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what fault does the Queen falsely accuse the Princess concerning the skein? Exam question 4 of lesson 1543 «Blue Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 40: Graciosa tricks the Queen with the thread, then faces a barrel of mixed-up feathers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 40: Graciosa…

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Of what fault does the Queen falsely accuse the Princess concerning the skein?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen, Princess · **What happens:** do, accuse, concern · **To what, where:** Princess, skein

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1543 «Blue Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 40: Graciosa tricks the Queen with the thread, then faces a barrel of mixed-up feathers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1543-pg540-part40/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1543-pg540-part40:e4:1
# text = Of what fault does the Queen falsely accuse the Princess concerning the skein?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	falsely	falsely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	accuse	accuse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of fault | tree rules |
| 2 | **accuse** | present | the Queen | the Princess |  |  |  | falsely *property* | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | the skein |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus skein=Experiencer |

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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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Its broken thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1543-pg540-part40:e4:o1:1
# text = Its broken thread
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The soiled condition of the whole skein and its ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1543-pg540-part40:e4:o2:1
# text = The soiled condition of the whole skein and its ends
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soiled	soil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soil** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **condition** |  |  | the whole skein |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Its tangled colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1543-pg540-part40:e4:o3:1
# text = Its tangled colour
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	tangled	tangled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Its soiled condition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1543-pg540-part40:e4:o4:1
# text = Its soiled condition
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	soiled	soil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soil** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **condition** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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