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title: Why did the Queen go all dodgy as a peddler wife? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Queen go all dodgy as a peddler wife? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1578 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace and the poisonous comb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace…

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Why did the Queen go all dodgy as a peddler wife?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1578 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace and the poisonous comb» 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/1578-pg540-part75/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t5:1
# text = Why did the Queen go all dodgy as a peddler wife?
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	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	peddler	peddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  | as a peddler wife; all, dodgy *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 wanted to sneak in and sell some stuff, then wreck the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t5:o1:1
# text = She wanted to sneak in and sell some stuff, then wreck the house
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sell	sell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	wreck	wreck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sneak in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sell** | present | She *not said here* | some stuff |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme |
| 4 | **wreck** | infinitive |  | the house |  |  | then |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To get into the dwarfs' house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t5:o2:1
# text = To get into the dwarfs' house
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the dwarfs's house |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into house=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She wanted to sneak in and do Snowdrop in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t5:o3:1
# text = She wanted to sneak in and do Snowdrop in
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	Snowdrop	Snowdrop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sneak in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | infinitive | She *not said here* | Snowdrop |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowdrop=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She wanted to sneak in through the window and do Snowdrop in with lace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t5:o4:1
# text = She wanted to sneak in through the window and do Snowdrop in with lace
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	Snowdrop	Snowdrop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	lace	lace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sneak in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  | the window |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory |
| 3 | **do** | infinitive | She *not said here* | Snowdrop |  | lace |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowdrop=Eventuality |

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