--- title: Dude, why was the stepmother so mad at the queen? — Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, why was the stepmother so mad at the queen? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1666-pg5615-part55/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1666-pg5615-part55/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged le… Dude, why was the stepmother so mad at the queen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** stepmother This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» 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/1666-pg5615-part55/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t1:1 # text = Dude, why was the stepmother so mad at the queen? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the stepmother | | | | | tree rules | 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} She hated the queen's good luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t1:o1:1 # text = She hated the queen's good luck 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hated hate 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 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | She | the queen's good luck | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer luck=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} She wanted the crown back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t1:o2:1 # text = She wanted the crown back 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want back** | past | She | the crown | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crown=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because the queen had once insulted her in front of all the court and the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t1:o3:1 # text = Because the queen had once insulted her in front of all the court and the king 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ 6 insulted insult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insult** | past · perfect · passive | | the queen | | front of all court and the king | | once *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer she=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because the queen had refused to help her with the sewing and chores ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t1:o4:1 # text = Because the queen had refused to help her with the sewing and chores 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sewing sewing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past · perfect | the queen | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **help** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | | queen | | | with the sewing and chores | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary with sewing=Theme | **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. 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