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title: how long did the Princess sit in that tower, fr? — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: how long did the Princess sit in that tower, fr? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how long did the Princess sit in that tower, fr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** do, sit · **To what, where:** tower

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» 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/1867-pg7277-part4/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t10:1
# text = how long did the Princess sit in that tower, fr?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | present | the Princess |  |  | that tower and fr |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tower=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like two whole years, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t10:o1:1
# text = Like two whole years, bro
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like seven whole years, bro, she was stuck up there with just the bird for company

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t10:o2:1
# text = Like seven whole years, bro, she was stuck up there with just the bird for company
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick up** | past · passive |  | she |  | there |  | with the bird; for company | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with bird=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like three whole years, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t10:o3:1
# text = Like three whole years, bro
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like seven whole years, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t10:o4:1
# text = Like seven whole years, bro
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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