--- title: How did the fairy get them back to the palace? — Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Fr… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the fairy get them back to the palace? Test 8 · ★ 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/t8/) [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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Fr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an… How did the fairy get them back to the palace? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** them This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t8:1 # text = How did the fairy get them back to the palace? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 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 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the fairy | them *= they* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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} The ivory car flew over the hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t8:o1:1 # text = The ivory car flew over the hills 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | the ivory car | | | the hills | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Her silver chariot rode the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t8:o2:1 # text = Her silver chariot rode the wind 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | Her silver chariot | the wind | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Her ivory chariot flew through the air ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t8:o3:1 # text = Her ivory chariot flew through the air 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ivory ivory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | Her ivory chariot | | | the air | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Her ivory chariot flew through the air and landed in the castle courtyard before the whole court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t8:o4:1 # text = Her ivory chariot flew through the air and landed in the castle courtyard before the whole court 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ivory ivory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 before before 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 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | Her ivory chariot | | | the air | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location | | 2 | **land** | past | Her ivory chariot *not said here* | | | the castle courtyard | before the whole court | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in courtyard=Destination | **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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