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title: Mazilla's well sketchy, innit? What did she want? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mazilla's well sketchy, innit? What did she want? Test 6 · ★ 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;
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# Test 6 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy ove…

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Mazilla's well sketchy, innit? What did she want?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mazilla · **What happens:** be, innit, want

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mazilla's well sketchy, innit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t6:1
# text = Mazilla's well sketchy, innit?
1	Mazilla	Mazilla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	sketchy	sketchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mazilla |  |  |  |  | sketchy, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did she want?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t6:2
# text = What did she want?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past · do-support | Mazilla |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She wanted him to leave the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t6:o1:1
# text = She wanted him to leave the palace
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She wanted him to wed her goddaughter so she could rule the whole kingdom through him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t6:o2:1
# text = She wanted him to wed her goddaughter so she could rule the whole kingdom through him
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	goddaughter	goddaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wed** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her goddaughter |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goddaughter=Patient |
| 3 | **rule** | could | she | the whole kingdom |  |  |  | through him *= he* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She wanted him to wed her goddaughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t6:o3:1
# text = She wanted him to wed her goddaughter
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	goddaughter	goddaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wed** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her goddaughter |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goddaughter=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She wanted him to wed her goddaughter Turritella and give up his crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t6:o4:1
# text = She wanted him to wed her goddaughter Turritella and give up his crown
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	goddaughter	goddaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wed** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her goddaughter |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goddaughter=Patient |
| 3 | **give up** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | Turritella's crown |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Source |
| 4 | **crown** |  | Turritella |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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