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title: wait, why would the Queen be so mad about a few jewels? — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why would the Queen be so mad about a few jewels? Test 5 · ★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

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wait, why would the Queen be so mad about a few jewels?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Queen · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t5:1
# text = wait, why would the Queen be so mad about a few jewels?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | would | the Queen |  |  |  |  | about a few jewels; mad *property* | tree rules |

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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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Cause the Queen thinks Fiordelisa sent the Blue Bird to steal the jewels from the palace treasury

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t5:o1:1
# text = Cause the Queen thinks Fiordelisa sent the Blue Bird to steal the jewels from the palace treasury
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	treasury	treasury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **send** | past | Fiordelisa | the Blue Bird |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
| 4 | **steal** | to-infinitive | Fiordelisa *not said here* | the jewels |  | the palace treasury |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme from treasury=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cause the Princes keep dissing Turritella

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t5:o2:1
# text = Cause the Princes keep dissing Turritella
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	dissing	dis	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the Cause Princes |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **dis** | gerund | the Cause Princes *not said here* | Turritella |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the Princess keeps stealing from her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t5:o3:1
# text = Cause the Princess keeps stealing from her
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the Cause Princess |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **steal** | gerund | the Cause Princess *not said here* | Princess |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location her=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cause the Princes keep refusing to marry Turritella and the Queen thinks it's Fiordelisa's fault

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t5:o4:1
# text = Cause the Princes keep refusing to marry Turritella and the Queen thinks it's Fiordelisa's fault
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	csubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the Princes |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **refuse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **marry** | to-infinitive |  | Turritella and the Queen |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turritella=Patient |
| 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | refusing |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is a** | present | it | Fiordelisa's fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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