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title: Gobsmacked, the Prince turned into a parrot! Wot did the Princess do… — Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gobsmacked, the Prince turned into a parrot! Wot did the Princess do then? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor mill…

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Gobsmacked, the Prince turned into a parrot! Wot did the Princess do then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince, Wot · **What happens:** gobsmack, turn, do

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» 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/1702-pg640-part26/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gobsmacked, the Prince turned into a parrot!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t5:1
# text = Gobsmacked, the Prince turned into a parrot!
1	Gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobsmack** | participle | the Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  | into a parrot *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into parrot=Result |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Wot did the Princess do then?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t5:2
# text = Wot did the Princess do then?
1	Wot	Wot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
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	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	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 | Wot |  |  |  | then |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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she stroked the parrot and chatted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t5:o1:1
# text = she stroked the parrot and chatted
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stroked	stroke	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	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	chatted	chat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroke** | past | she | the parrot |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Experiencer |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | participle | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she stroked the parrot gently and chatted to it about the wedding feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t5:o2:1
# text = she stroked the parrot gently and chatted to it about the wedding feast
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stroked	stroke	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	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	chatted	chat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroke** | past | she | the parrot |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Experiencer |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | participle | she *not said here* |  | parrot |  |  | about the wedding feast | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about feast=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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she kissed him and sang softly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t5:o3:1
# text = she kissed him and sang softly
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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she stroked the parrot, then called for her servants to bring a cage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t5:o4:1
# text = she stroked the parrot, then called for her servants to bring a cage
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stroked	stroke	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	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroke** | past | she | the parrot |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Experiencer |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | the parrot *not said here* |  |  | then | for parrot's servants | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for servant=Recipient |
| 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  | a cage |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cage=Theme |

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