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title: What did the bird do to the poorly King? — Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the bird do to the poorly King? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an…

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What did the bird do to the poorly King?

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

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» 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/1691-pg640-part15/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t6:1
# text = What did the bird do to the poorly King?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the bird |  |  |  |  | to the King | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Flew at him and sorted him right out, then sang a song for the whole court to hear

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t6:o1:1
# text = Flew at him and sorted him right out, then sang a song for the whole court to hear
1	Flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past |  |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location |
| 2 | **sort** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | out *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past |  | a song |  |  | then | for the whole court | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent song=Theme for court=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **hear** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flew down and healed him right away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t6:o2:1
# text = Flew down and healed him right away
1	Flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	healed	heal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly down** | past |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **heal** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flew at him and sorted him right out, then flew back up to Saphir's shoulder to rest for the night

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t6:o3:1
# text = Flew at him and sorted him right out, then flew back up to Saphir's shoulder to rest for the night
1	Flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	up	up	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past |  |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location |
| 2 | **sort** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | out *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **fly** | past |  |  |  |  | then | to Saphir's shoulder *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to shoulder=Result |
| 4 | **rest** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flew at him and sorted him right out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t6:o4:1
# text = Flew at him and sorted him right out
1	Flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past |  |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location |
| 2 | **sort** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | out *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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