--- title: Did the Princess just sit around, or what? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird,… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the Princess just sit around, or what? Test 8 · ★ 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's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1868-pg7277-part5/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy ove… Did the Princess just sit around, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** sit around This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t8:1 # text = Did the Princess just sit around, or what? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 around around ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit around** | past · do-support | the Princess | | | | | around *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She sat at her window and called the bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t8:o1:1 # text = She sat at her window and called the bird 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | She | | | her window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location | | 2 | **call** | past | She *not said here* | | the bird | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} She slept a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t8:o2:1 # text = She slept a lot 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past | She | a lot | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She walked the halls and fed the palace doves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t8:o3:1 # text = She walked the halls and fed the palace doves 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | She | the halls | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Trajectory | | 2 | **feed** | past | She *not said here* | the palace doves | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} She stayed inside and wrote letters all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t8:o4:1 # text = She stayed inside and wrote letters all day 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 inside inside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | She | | | | day | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **write** | past | She *not said here* | letters | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=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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