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title: Yo, why'd the Queen hang knives all over that fir tree, like, seriou… — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, why'd the Queen hang knives all over that fir tree, like, seriously? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1868 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy overhears, the bird is cut, the King is saved» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 1 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy ove…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, why'd the Queen hang knives all over that fir tree, like, seriously?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** knife · **To what, where:** fir tree

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1868 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy overhears, the bird is cut, the King is saved» 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/1868-pg7277-part5/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t1:1
# text = Yo, why'd the Queen hang knives all over that fir tree, like, seriously?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	hang	hang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	knives	knife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
12	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knife** |  | Queen |  |  | that fir tree |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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To cut the Blue Bird's wings so it could never fly back to the Princess's window again

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t1:o1:1
# text = To cut the Blue Bird's wings so it could never fly back to the Princess's window again
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | to-infinitive |  | the Blue Bird's wings |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wing=Product |
| 2 | **not** **fly back** | could | Bird |  |  |  | again | to the Princess's window *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to window=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To warn the guards about a spy inside the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t1:o2:1
# text = To warn the guards about a spy inside the palace
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  | the guards |  | the palace |  | about a spy | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient about spy=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make a trap that would cut any bird who dared to visit the Princess's window at night

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t1:o3:1
# text = To make a trap that would cut any bird who dared to visit the Princess's window at night
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	dared	dare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a trap |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trap=Product |
| 2 | **cut** | would | a trap | any bird |  |  | night |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bird=Product |
| 3 | **dare** | past | any bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **visit** | to-infinitive | any bird *not said here* | the Princess's window |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To cut the Blue Bird when it flew to the Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t1:o4:1
# text = To cut the Blue Bird when it flew to the Princess
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | to-infinitive | Bird *not said here* | the Blue Bird |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bird=Product |
| 2 | **fly** | past | Bird |  |  |  |  | to the Princess *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to princess=Result |

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