--- title: And Madam Puss, what'd she do to the King? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird,… · tree and pragmatics description: And Madam Puss, what'd she do to the King? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy ove… And Madam Puss, what'd she do to the King? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Madam · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Madam This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t9:1 # text = And Madam Puss, what'd she do to the King? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 Puss Puss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | would | Madam | Madam | | | | to the King | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} scratched him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t9:o1:1 # text = scratched him 1 scratched scratch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} clawed his cheek, scarring him for life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t9:o2:1 # text = clawed his cheek, scarring him for life 1 clawed claw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 scarring scar VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claw** | past | | his cheek | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient | | 2 | **scar** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | for life | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} scratched his eye, nearly blinded him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t9:o3:1 # text = scratched his eye, nearly blinded him 1 scratched scratch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 blinded blind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | past | | his eye | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **blind** | past | | him *= he* | | | | nearly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} scratched his eye, nearly blinded him, and ran off into the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t9:o4:1 # text = scratched his eye, nearly blinded him, and ran off into the palace 1 scratched scratch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 blinded blind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | past | | his eye | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **blind** | past | | him *= he* | | | | nearly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **run off** | past | | | | | | into the palace *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into palace=Result | **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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