--- title: So what's the bit about the two Princesses? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird,… · tree and pragmatics description: So what's the bit about the two Princesses? Test 12 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1868-pg7277-part5/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1868-pg7277-part5/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy ove… So what's the bit about the two Princesses? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bit This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t12:1 # text = So what's the bit about the two Princesses? 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 Princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the bit | | | | about the two Princesses | tree rules | 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} The Enchanter spoke of two kings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t12:o1:1 # text = The Enchanter spoke of two kings 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Enchanter | | | | | of two kings | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Queen said there was one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t12:o2:1 # text = The Queen said there was one 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | past | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The King said "There are two!" when asked, and the Enchanter laughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t12:o3:1 # text = The King said "There are two!" when asked, and the Enchanter laughed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | two | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle | two *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **laugh** | past | the Enchanter | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The King said "There are two!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t12:o4:1 # text = The King said "There are two!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | two | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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