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title: did the Princess sing a sad song or a happy one? — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the Princess sing a sad song or a happy one? Test 7 · ★ 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 qu
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
did the Princess sing a sad song or a happy one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** sing · **To what, where:** sad song

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t7:1
# text = did the Princess sing a sad song or a happy one?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the Princess | a sad song or a happy one |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Happy, they sang it really gaily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t7:o1:1
# text = Happy, they sang it really gaily
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	gaily	gaily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | they | it |  |  |  | gaily *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A happy one, and the Blue Bird joined in while the whole palace listened from below

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t7:o2:1
# text = A happy one, and the Blue Bird joined in while the whole palace listened from below
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	listened	listen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	below	below	ADV	RB	_	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join in** | past | a happy one | the whole palace |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **listen** | participle |  | the whole palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from below=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sad one, because the Princess was lonely in the tower and missed the Blue Bird so much

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t7:o3:1
# text = A sad one, because the Princess was lonely in the tower and missed the Blue Bird so much
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
14	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	much	much	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Princess | a sad one *not said here* |  | the tower |  | lonely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **miss** | past | a sad one | the Blue Bird |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sad, they sang it very softly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t7:o4:1
# text = Sad, they sang it very softly
1	Sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | they | it |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

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